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Paolo Soleri
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Paolo Soleri was an Italian-American architect, writer, sculptor, and university teacher. Born in Turin in 1919, he was educated at the Polytechnic University of Turin. He held citizenship in Italy, the Kingdom of Italy, and the United States, and resided in both the United States and Italy. Soleri worked at Arizona State University in Tempe and spoke Italian and English.
He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and had works in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. His notable publications include *Concepts Toward a New Urbanism*, *Preparations for an Arcology*, *Fragments*, *Lean Linear City*, and *The Sketchbooks of Paolo Soleri*. Soleri died in Scottsdale in 2013.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1919
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Paolo Soleri, concepts toward a new urbanism
- Preparations for an arcology
- Fragments
- Lean Linear City
- The sketchbooks of Paolo Soleri
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1919-06-21 ) 21 June 1919 , Turin , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 9 April 2013 (2013-04-09) (aged 93), Paradise Valley, Arizona , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Polytechnic University of Turin
- Occupation
- Architect
- Years active
- 1944–2012
- Awards
- 1963 – American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Craftmanship, 2000 – Leone d'oro at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
- Buildings
- Cosanti
- Projects
- Arcosanti
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paolo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Turin
- Place of death
- Scottsdale
- Occupation
- urban planner
- Educated at
- Polytechnic University of Turin
- Employer
- Arizona State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Soleri caricature.JPG
- Work location
- Tempe
- Residence
- United States
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- Commons category
- Paolo Soleri
- date of birth
- 1919-06-21
- date of death
- 2013-04-09
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
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Encyclopedic overview
Paolo Soleri (21 June 1919 – 9 April 2013) was an Italian 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. He died at home of natural causes on 9 April 2013 at the age of 93.
Soleri authored several books, including The Bridge Between Matter & Spirit is Matter Becoming Spirit and Arcology – City In the Image of Man.
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