Group of people at Arcosanti
Description
Photograph showing a group of people at Arcosanti
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
A noted architect, urban planner, and artist, Paolo Soleri (1919-2013) was best known for Arcosanti, a planned community about 70 miles north of Phoenix. A native of Turin, Italy, he earned a Ph.D. in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 1947 and apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West in Arizona and Taliesin in Wisconsin. In 1965, Soleri established the educational non-profit Cosanti Foundation in the Scottsdale-Paradise Valley area north of Phoenix to develop his architectural and urban planning theories, in particular the concept of “arcology,” architecture coherent with ecology.
Arcology as envisioned by Soleri included dense urban development designed to maximize human interaction and access to infrastructural services, conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, and foster interaction with the surrounding natural environment. Soleri was also a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University, a National Design Award recipient, and the author of six books and numerous essays.
This collection originated in 1972 with a grant given to Professor Jeffrey Cook of the ASU College of Architecture to preserve materials about Paolo Soleri. It includes audiovisual materials, slides, photographs, ephemera, drawings, and newspaper clippings. The audiovisual materials in the collection document construction and other activities at Arcosanti as well as in-depth discussion and analysis of Soleri’s architectural concepts and philosophy. The slides in the collection document buildings designed by Paolo Soleri and also include pictures of Paolo and Colly Soleri, activities and buildings at Cosanti and Arcosanti, and architectural models, drawings, and designs by Soleri.
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Groups of people at Arcosanti
Description
Photograph showing several groups of people at Arcosanti
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Associated name)
Construction at Arcosanti
Description
Photograph showing buildings under construction at Arcosanti
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
- Pintar, Ivan (Photographer)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1972-08
Arcosanti site panorama
Description
Panorama view of Arcosanti site showing buildings under construction
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1977-03
Arcosanti site landscape view
Description
Landscape view of the Arcosanti site, showing vegetation, cattle, and a dirt road
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Associated name)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1976-03
Vaults at Arcosanti
Description
Photograph showing people standing under vaults at Arcosanti
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1972-11
Babel Canyon Arcology city structure plan
Description
Plan of Babel Canyon Arcology city structure design by Paolo Soleri, from 1970 exhibit at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Host institution)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1970
Vaults at Arcosanti
Description
Photograph showing people standing or sitting under vaults at Arcosanti
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
Arcosanti site landscape view
Description
Photograph showing the surrounding landscape at Arcosanti
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Associated name)
- Del Zoppo, Annette (Photographer)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1973
Arcosanti site panorama
Description
Panorama view of Arcosanti site showing buildings and construction
Agent
- Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013 (Architect)
- Del Zoppo, Annette (Photographer)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1973