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Arcosanti is the home of the bell-making enterprise of Cosanti Originals, which sells Soleri's sculptural wind bells to support the greater architectural project. Arcosanti at the golden hour: The Vaults (left) and the Crafts III building (right), with the Ceramics Apse hidden between them.
Cosanti is marked by terraced landscaping, experimental earth-formed concrete structures, and sculptural wind-bells. [1] Soleri and his wife Colly established their residence there in 1956 on a five-acre site just a few miles from Taliesin West, where Soleri had studied under Frank Lloyd Wright ten years earlier. [2]
Paolo Soleri (21 June 1919 – 9 April 2013) [1] was an American architect and urban planner. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti.Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006.
Arcosanti city. Arcosanti is an experimental "arcology prototype", a demonstration project under construction in central Arizona since 1970. Designed by Paolo Soleri, its primary purpose is to demonstrate Soleri's personal designs, his application of principles of arcology to create a pedestrian-friendly urban form.
Speaking of bells, I've never heard the bells cast at Arcosanti referred to as "wind chimes" before reading this article. Always as "bells". (And beautiful ones, I must say.) Anyone else know about this? --ILike2BeAnonymous 08:56, 27 March 2006 (UTC) I lived at Arcosanti & Cosanti for 17 years and worked in the metal studio making the bells.
A metal wind chime. Wind chimes are a type of percussion instrument constructed from suspended tubes, rods, bells, or other objects that are often made of metal or wood.The tubes or rods are suspended along with some type of weight or surface which the tubes or rods can strike when they or another wind-catching surface are blown by the natural movement of air outside.
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