 The government's reluctance to recognize yet another architects’ union forced OSA founders to reconsider its goals; these were proclaimed as “drafting the new, modern architectural style of large industrial hubs” and defence of constructivism as "art", rather than the bare following of function.Later OSA leaders, including Alexander and Victor Vesnin, dropped the "constructivism as art" concept and frequently voiced the opposite viewpoint, that of rejecting any stylistic content in constructivism.OSA was the only left-wing architects’ union that regularly published its magazine, "SA" (Contemporary Architecture), edited by Ginzburg and Alexander Vesnin.