Among the many schools designed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC), the noted Cambridge firm cofounded by Walter Gropius, Wayland High School was an instant emblem of midcentury design and educational innovation when it opened in 1960. Now, its days are numbered.
The school’s building committee says the 118,000-square-foot complex, located west of Boston, is in need of major, costly renovations. The committee voted in 2009 to tear down all but one of the eight TAC buildings to make way for a new facility designed by HMFH Architects. Construction has begun, and the old complex will be razed next year. Despite the school’s history, the looming demolition has stirred little controversy.
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With one of the oldest preservation movements in the United States, New Orleans typically guards its architectural past closely, but the Phillis Wheatley Elementary School in the Tremé neighborhood is on track to join a few recently demolished exceptions.