The Making of an Avant-Garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1967-1984
The Making of an Avant-Garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1967-1984
The Making of an Avant-Garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1967-1984 Online Free Soap2day. The Making of an Avant-Garde presents the creation and existence of the IAUS in the architectural, cultural, and political climate of the time, from the anti-War riots, the Women's Movement to the Paris May '68 revolution and the crime ridden and the bankrupt New York City of the 70's, through rich and abundant footage. The Institute, founded in 1967 with close ties to The Museum of Modern Art, made New York the global center for architectural debate and redefined architectural discourse in the United States. A place of immense energy and effervescence, its founders and participants were young and hardly known at the time but would ultimately become some of the most influential figures in the field shaping architectural practice and theory for decades. The Institute became the most significant and energetic crossroad in the path of rethinking architecture and the city and it's influence is still felt today.
- Genre: Documentary
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- Director: Diana Agrest
- Cast: Mark Wigley, Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, Diana Agrest, Mario Gandelsonas, Richard Meier, Kenneth Frampton, Barbara Jakobsen, Deborah Berke, Anthony Vidler, Robert A.M. Stern, Emilio Ambasz, Charles Gwathmey, Julia Bloomfield, Suzanne Stephens, Stan Allen, Peter Wolf, Frederieke Taylor, Bernard Tschumi, Joan Ockman,
