Opening March 1 at MIT’s Keller Gallery, The Architects Collaborative 1945–1995: Tracing a Diffuse Architectural Authorship, an exhibition by Gabriel Cira, James Heard (SMarchS HTC ’22), and Emma Pfeiffer (MArch ’21). The exhibit explores the prolific yet under-examined Cambridge-based firm The Architects Collaborative (TAC), with a particular focus on their works in Massachusetts. Through archival research, the exhibition highlights the firm’s unique collaborative design ethos and weaves through projects ranging from the monumental to the pedestrian. The exhibit surfaces a body of work that has been relegated to the outskirts of the canon of architectural history.
Image credits:
1. Josiah Quincy School and Community Center, 885 Washington St, Boston, MA, 1977. Photograph by Steve Rosenthal ©Historic New England, from the Steve Rosenthal Collection of Commissioned Work at Historic New England.
2. Slides of Chelmsford Junior High School, 75 Graniteville Rd, Chelmsford, MA, 1970. Photographer unknown. The Architects Collaborative Slide Collection. Courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
3. Children’s Inn and Apartment Complex, 350 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 1982. Photograph by Steve Rosenthal ©Historic New England, from the Steve Rosenthal Collection of Commissioned Work at Historic New England.
4. Lincoln Park Elementary School, Somerville, MA, 1975. Photograph by Steve Rosenthal ©Historic New England, from the Steve Rosenthal Collection of Commissioned Work at Historic New England.
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