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Arcosanti
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Also known as Arcosanti City

thumb|upright=1.3|View of Arcosanti from the southeast, showing buildings from Crafts III on the far left to the guestrooms in the right foreground thumb|Part of the complex with fall foliage

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Region
Arizona
Country
United States
Population
0

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thumb|upright=1.3|View of Arcosanti from the southeast, showing buildings from Crafts III on the far left to the guestrooms in the right foreground thumb|Part of the complex with fall foliage

Arcosanti is a projected experimental town with a molten bronze bell casting business in Yavapai County, central Arizona, United States, north of Phoenix, at an elevation of . Its arcology concept was proposed by the Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri (1919–2013). He began construction in 1970, to demonstrate how urban conditions could be improved while minimizing the destructive impact on the Earth. He taught and influenced generations of architects and urban designers who studied and worked with him there to build the proposed town.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arcosanti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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