Legacy
TAC has been a notable landmark in the history of postwar modernism. For the most part the firm functioned as a team rather than on an individual basis, which was considered a unique method of architectural practice, which reflected Gropius' philosophy of working collaboratively with others when he was a Bauhaus instructor in Germany prior to TAC. In later years, TAC was known as one of the first architects to design environmentally "green" buildings starting in the early 1980s. Two of the original eight founders, Norman Fletcher and John "Chip" Harkness stayed with TAC for its entire 50 year existence.
Gropius left the TAC in 1965 at the age of 82. The group continued on, but the firm fell into financial difficulties in the 1980s and was officially closed in 1995. While the innovative process the TAC architects believed so deeply in did not become the norm for architectural firms, they did become one of the first to design environmentally sound buildings in the 1980s, and their message and unique approached added to the creative world of Cambridge Modern.
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