Mr. Soleri, however, will discuss his marvelous, flawed creation with disarming frankness. Has Arcosanti, for instance, lived up to its potential? “No. Don’t be silly,” he said, and then laughed. — NYT
Michael Tortorello recently visited Arcosanti to check in on the status of the famed, Utopian urban laboratory. He finds it in transition as last fall, Mr. Soleri finally retired (at age 92) as the president of the Cosanti Foundation. Jeff Stein, 60, formerly dean of the Boston Architectural College, is the foundation’s new president and under his guidance, the foundation is beginning to explore ways of developing a more profitable, privatized or at least self-sustaining model for shaping Arcosanti's future.
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Honestly, I would totally choose living and working in the commune Arcosanti over working for free in some starchitect's boutique office.
I was thinking that no mater what happens to Arcosanti, at least the Arconauts have their bells..
I got my bell...from the source. Wondering how many others have one, or two....
Thinking about it I also have a brass tile made by and Arconaut.
I have one from the source, too. Maybe I'll go back this March when I visit Phoenix again - it's been 21 years!
I've got a bell. Was very lucky to have visited Arcosanti around 1993, got to stay overnight in one of the guest suites, it was like something out of a 1970s techno-utopian rendering.
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