Dr. Soleri's 'Antidote To Sprawl'

"For most of his 60-year career, Dr. Soleri, 82, has been perceived as a cult figure on architecture's freaky fringe... In 1970, Dr. Soleri began building Arcosanti, a planned community with observation towers, sweeping concrete vaults and dwellings clustered along the steep basalt cliffs of the Agua Fria River. Dr. Soleri conceived it as a prototype that would show how other cities might minimize energy use and motor transportation while encouraging human interaction...Dr. Soleri plays the role of enigmatic elder statesman, a desert Obi-Wan Kenobie who defies easy categorization. He is at once an architect, artist, builder, teacher, writer and philosopher."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan