Begegnungen Mit Walter Gropius in the Architects Collaborative Tac

Emigré Walter Gropius started teaching at Harvard University in 1937. Eight years later he co-founded The Architects Collaborative (TAC). In this book, Koerte gives a vivid account of his encounters with Gropius, and offers insight into the every-day life of TAC and the working routines and personalities of the founding partners.

Arnold Koerte is an architect in Berlin, Germany. He earned his diploma from Technische Universitat Munich and then went to the United States where he earned a masters in architecture from?the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In the 1960s, he worked for Walter Gropius at TAC. Later on, he moved to Canada where he?eventually became a professor of planning and building in developing countries.