Paolo Soleri

October, 1971

Society has become "sclerotic, asphyxiated, poisoned by wastes, troubled by inner strife, unfit to live." The rantings of a street-corner fundamentalist? No, though apocalyptic prophecies are not uncommon to Paolo Soleri, founder of a new architectural movement. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright, a bellmaker, teacher and poet, Turin-born Soleri, 52, is at work on a comprehensive projection for the future of urban man at Cosanti, a desert atelier near Phoenix. He calls his master plan arc...