Paolo Soleri to receive Celebration of Innovation lifetime achievement award Sep 23, 2008
Paolo Soleri to receive Celebration of Innovation lifetime achievement award - Phoenix Business Journal ... Paolo Soleri to receive Celebration of Innovation lifetime achievement award ... Paradise Valley architect, artist and philosopher Paolo Soleri will be recognized with a lifetime achievement award for his ongoing work in the sustainability field. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Pedestrian bridge called 'practical piece of public art' Jun 28, 2008
The bridge was designed by famed architect Paolo Soleri, who has a studio in Scottsdale. He is known for creating passive solar structures and communities that accommodate pedestrians and bikes, but not cars. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Scottsdale City Council Approves Scottsdale Public Art Program's Proposed Soleri Bridge and Plaza Jun 4, 2008
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scottsdale Public Art announces today the long-awaited downtown pedestrian bridge and plaza designed by famed architect Paolo Soleri will move forward this fall/winter, following the Scottsdale City Councils final approval Tuesday of a new budget ... designed by local artist Paolo Soleri ... Paolo Soleri, one of the Valleys most revered cultural icons, has designed the bridge and the plaza. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Things to see Jun 3, 2008
In the high desert about an hour north of the Valley, Italian architect and environmentalist Paolo Soleri has built an urban laboratory made of concrete, steel and earth as a place to work out theories about how humans live and consume natural resources. To partially fund his work, Soleri and his students make elaborate, distinctive bronze and ceramic wind-bells on-site. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Pink Lady dresses up for tour May 10, 2008
It has a modern look that Johnson, an artist, says was inspired by architect Paolo Soleri, who created Arcosanti near Cordes Junction, and Dr. Seuss. Bright colors, porthole-shaped cutouts, passive solar design, radius walls, round lights and natural materials combine to create the look. (AZCentral -- Home)
Arcosanti founder Paolo Soleri to speak at Catholic 'sustainability' conference in Rome Apr 8, 2008
Artist and philosopher Paolo Soleri, the architect behind Arizona's Arcosanti village, is headed to Rome as a speaker for the April 14-16 Building Well to Live Better, a conference organized by the Roman Catholic Church to address sustainability and the environment. As a major international real estate owner, the Catholic church can play a key role in sustainable architecture and design, the announcement released Monday said. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Praising Arizona: A Scottsdale spa weekend with time for shopping Feb 25, 2008
Several stores and restaurants have already opened, and when it is complete it will feature a suspension footbridge designed by local architect Paolo Soleri. For years, the 50-mile irrigation canal built in the late 1880s was known for its nasty smells and odds shades of green. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Soleri windbells' sales grow Jun 14, 2007
Those bells, the brainchild of renowned Italian architect Paolo Soleri, remain popular - a piece of original art, shaped from the earth and carved by an artisan's hands ... "You could go up to the average person in the Valley and ask who Paolo Soleri is, and they wouldn't recognize the name," said Chris Ohlinger, general manager for the profitable Cosanti Originals Inc. "Yet at the same time we get visitors from Japan, Italy and other countries who know Paolo, and have followed his work for... (AZCentral -- Business)
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QUESTION: The depletion of our natural resources was not a concern for early architects and designers such as Paolo Soleri, Victor Papanek and Buckminster Fuller. True. (WorldNetDaily)
