European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                If Frankfurt general electric the Hochhaus sued left is one of several american Type skyscrapers rising in cities of West a restaurant on the top floor of the 137foot building provides a Fine View of the one of Frankfort most striking new buildings is the Church of Christ right built from modern plans West Germany rebuild is on modern lines j postwar German architecture is making use of More Glass and less j shortages in along changing patterns in i have led to a greater use of stucco and i other nonferrous building while i Wase ingenious contractors and architects Irive turned to the rubble Zihere Are two contradictory tendencies i in architecture one is to copy the rambling Southern California ranch style architecture for Homes and even some business on the other the germans Are now in the process of constructing their first real germans have been impressed by the new United nations building and the Glass House Headquarters of lever in new the new Hilton hotel at san puerto and the modernistic structures in Rio de new German buildings have less wasted space and generally More austere interiors and exteriors than prewar interiors Are done in pastel in con Trast to the dark prewar but modern German Fol lowing the trend of prewar re Mains functional in this postwar it is functional on a higher it serves Man and his the use of windows and other today architects Are keep ing Man in closer communication with in the 30s he seemed subordinate to the the influence of the proper voice of materials and the adequate contrasts of different materials All Are aimed at the Comfort of the persons living and working Fin the for its remains the idea is carried Over into the build ing of factories and Industrial plants where the employees Are being provided with better lighting facilities and More hygienic working postwar architecture gives old country a new look As Federal Republic rebuilds its War torn cities a stars and stripes report one result of the War has been the Erec Tion of the German skyscraper or Hoch not impressive they Are a revolutionary architectural concept Over forms the most Eye catching feature of the modern German it in taken its place with steel and Concrete to form the Tri legged base of present Day German architects observe that construction methods adjust themselves to the conditions of to whereas 80 per cent of building continues to be of Wood because the Quantity and Quality Stone still is predominant in Glass and stucco Are among the Many materials going into modern German buildings in increasing such As this in Are getting a High Lightc lored facades Are generally to a Large modern German architecture originated Between the two wars in two famous and two of the academies More noted Walter Gropius and Lud wig Mies Van Der currently Are in the they left Germany during the Hitler regime the present Day group a reactionary style was introduced into the modern today efforts represent a revitalization of the spirit of the Early a Merican architect Frank Lloyd Wright has been the greatest influence in the design of modern German two Darmstadt architects Peter Darmstadt City a said the new spirit Wright created has found an Echo in the other Ernst Neu is a close Friend of Wright and was a guest at his Home during a recent visit to the a Leader in the modern believes everything depends on the Power of the since All from Chicken to concern Man and his measurements of buildings should be determined from human pro portions and according to he pointed out that this is a Boom Era for the technical High school in for Enrols 250 Stu compared to a prewar enrolment of when a German youth chooses to be come an he completes High As americans would describe at the age of then he takes an Examina Tion if he is eligible to enter an architectural College where he studies for four he can practice immediate continued on Page Vav ii feature Section