Paolo Soleri

Paolo Soleri
Born(1919-06-21)21 June 1919[1]
Died9 April 2013(2013-04-09) (aged 93)
NationalityItalian
American
Alma materPolytechnic University of Turin
OccupationArchitect
Years active1944–2012
Awards1963 – American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Craftmanship
2000 – Leone d'oro at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
BuildingsCosanti
ProjectsArcosanti

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]

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical profile: Paolo Soleri". Arcosanti.
  2. ^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 620. ISBN 978-0415252256.
  3. ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (April 10, 2013). "Paolo Soleri, Architect of Counterculture, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Falk, Peter (1999). Who Was Who in American Art 1564–1975 : 400 Years of Artists in America. Madison, CT: Sound View Press. p. 3103. ISBN 0932087558.