The Achitects Collaborative has been drawing blueprints since 1945, the Graduate Center is their biggest single job

When the war ended that year, of veterans, who had each other before the hos- founded the co-operative . At present there are partners plus two half- members--the wives of part-

with Walter Gropius, for- member of another firm, John C. Harkness '38, Louis Millen, a 1947 graduate of school of Architecture, and Thompson, Norman C. and Robert S. McMillan. Majority of the members were graduate friends at Yale.

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the technical advice of a firm. Architects Coll- took on the University's project; Gropius became on the job.

the firm is interested modern architecture, the mitories were conceived in . The overall plan called the huge project into University, yet allowing for of the existing Law Courtyard through to a

the contract had been let, University did not interfere did ask, however, that locate a minimum num- living quarters on the site each building contains about 126 students with the large units broken down into smaller ones.

This is where the University's new modernistic structures differ from the equally modern dormitories built by Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently. The M.I.T. building is one large unit, since Tech's construction site was much smaller than that of the Graduate Center.

Although the new project may be quite different from any other of the University's dormitories that would be no surprise to anyone familiar with Architects Collaborative's other jobs. Many of the most modern homes, especially in the Lexington area, are the work of the young firm.

New High School

At present, the group's largest task is a two million dollar high school in Worcester. Next comes a one million dollar school in Attleboro, and, further down the list in size, a number of homes in the distinct tradition of the firm.

Although they only rate a half-share in the business, the women members -- Mrs. Sara Harkness and Mrs. Jean Bodman Fletcher--have an important part in Architects Collaborative's work. Mrs. Fletcher herself graduated from the School of Architecture in 1945.

Now situated in new offices on Mt. Auburn Street, the architects are enjoying this new share of fame--a good way from the time when the firm's winning a contest for designing a Smith College dormitory was their measure of success.