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Paolo Soleri (June 21st, 1919 - April 9th, 2013) was an Italian-American visionary architect with a life-long commitment to research and experimentation in design and town planning. He established Arcosanti, an experimental town north of Phoenix in Arizona using his concept called arcology- a portmanteau of architecture and ecology.
Soleri was born in Turin, Italy. He received his Ph.D from the Politecnico di Torino in 1946. He visited the United States in 1947 and spent a year and a half in fellowship with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West in Arizona, and at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. During this time, he gained international recognition for a bridge design displayed at the Museum of Modern Art.
Soleri returned to Italy in 1950 where he was commissioned to build a large ceramics factory, "Ceramica Artistica Solimene." The processes he became familiar with in the ceramics industry led to his award-winning designs of ceramic and bronze windbells and siltcast architectural structures. For over 30 years, the proceeds from the windbells have provided funds for
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Paolo Soleri
American architect (1919–2013)
Paolo Soleri (21 June 1919 – 9 April 2013)[1] was an American architect and urban planner. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006. He coined the concept of 'arcology' – a synthesis of architecture and ecology as the philosophy of democratic society.[2] He died at home of natural causes on 9 April 2013 at the age of 93.[3]
Soleri authored several books, including The Bridge Between Matter & Spirit is Matter Becoming Spirit and Arcology – City In the Image of Man.[4]
Early life and education
Soleri was born in Turin, Italy. He was awarded his "laurea" (master's degree) in architecture from the Politecnico di Torino in 1946. He visited the United States in December 1946 and spent a year and a half in fellowship with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West in Arizona, and at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. During this time, he
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Paolo Soleri
Born in 1919 in Turin, Italy, Soleri studied architecture at the Torino Polytechnico, receiving his Ph.D. in 1946. The following year he traveled to the U.S. to begin an eighteen-month fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin East and Taliesin West. Returning to Italy in 1950, he designed the Ceramica Artistica Solimene, a project which taught him the art of ceramic casting.
Soleri returned to Arizona in 1956 and with his wife established the Cosanti Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to research and experimentation in urban planning and architecture. The foundation was based out of Soleri’s self-designed home and studio, Cosanti. In his design Soleri experimented with the use of earth cast structures, a method he would use more extensively at Arcosanti, an experimental town in the desert north of Phoenix. Begun in 1979, the design for Arcosanti is based on Soleri’s concept of Arcology, the idea that the full integration of architecture and ecology will result in the design of dense, compact, environmentally-sensitive cities.
Soleri’s work has be
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