The Urban Ideal

Conversations with Paolo Soleri

• Author(s): Paolo Soleri,
• Publisher: Berkeley Hills Books
• Pages: 143
• ISBN_10: 1893163288
  ISBN_13: 9781893163287
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / General , Architecture / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial , Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development ,

Description:... Although Paolo Soleri is one of the world's most famous and influential architects, little has been written about his life, work, and thought. The Urban Ideal fills that gap. Based on interviews conducted at Arcosanti in spring 2000, these conversations cover Soleri's youth and education in fascist Italy, his immigration to America, and his radical approach to architecture that culminated in his ideal city based on the concept of "arcology", architecture coherent with ecology.