2024-12-22T04:33:46-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149972473/our-architecture-works-harder-than-your-architecture-inside-the-city-of-arcosanti Julia Ingalls 2016-10-06T13:03:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85qdkwcyu8dul9iz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Can cities be built not only to be harmonious with their environment, but to outperform traditional architecture? The residents of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/77967/arcosanti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arcosanti, Arizona</a>, which is profiled in this video excerpt from the Atlantic,&nbsp;seem to think so. Part campus, part permanent dwelling, Arcosanti embraces the concept of "arcology," or the blending of ecology and architecture, to create a holistic, tightly engineered mini-metropolis:</p><p><br><em>The City of the Future</em></p>