Archinect - News2024-11-14T11:53:54-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/91152369/on-the-legacy-of-the-institute-for-architecture-and-urban-studies
On the legacy of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies Places Journal2014-01-13T16:59:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e5/e5s1fkha5s1adz2e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>I wish that it still existed.
— Frank Gehry
It would be the world's biggest nightmare if the Institute were still alive.
— Mark Wigley
It was the moment for something to happen.
— Diana Agrest
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In 1967 Peter Eisenman founded the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, and until it closed in 1985 the Institute — a heady mix of think tank, exhibit space, journal publisher and cocktail party — was one of the centers of American architecture culture. Belmont Freeman describes the new documentary by Diana Agrest, <em>The Making of an Avant-Garde</em>, as a remarkable contribution to the record, and a fascinating glimpse at the early years of many of today's stars: "There is something almost (almost) touching about listening to today’s titans of corporate and haute institutional architecture remind us that once upon a time they were young, idealistic, radical thinkers."</p>