Soleri, Paolo

Paolo Soleri, Arcology:The City in the Image of Man [1977 2ND MIT PRESS PAPERBACK EDITION]

MIT Press, 1977. Second Printing. Paperback. MIT Press, 1977. Softcover in pictorial wrappers. Stated second paperback printing 1977. Oversized paperback 24x14 inches. 122 pages filled with black and white illustrationsand explanatory text from Soleri's notebooks throughout offering his vision of a new utopia mixing the natural and man-made worlds. Like Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, Soleri's arcology brilliantly integrates ecology, art, architecture and engineering in novel and inspiring ways to offer his readers a new vision of man's place in the world. As Soleri himself states: "In the three-dimensional city, man defines a human ecology. In it he is a country dweller and metropolitan man in one. By it the inner and outer are at a 'skin' distance. He has made the city in his own image. Arcology: the city in the image of man." BOOK CONDITION: Very Good Plus (VG +); a solid, tight, clean copy with a firm binding showing moderate rubbing and wear to covers, edges and corners. Very good +. Item #5713
ISBN: 0262190605

Price: $250.00