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The document summarizes a reaction paper about Le Corbusier's book "Towards a New Architecture". It discusses how modern technology has changed architecture and the way buildings are designed and constructed. This has broken the natural system of passing skills between generations. While technology has improved architecture and quality of life, it has also reduced humanization and craftsmanship in the field. There remains a need to better integrate the human element with modernization in architecture and work.
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