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  Arcology: The City in the Image of Man

  by Paolo Soleri

  This edition contains all the text and illustrations found in the giant Arcology, photographically reduced somewhat to allow a lower price and enhanced handleability. "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 the outer are at 'skin' distance. He has made the city in his own image. Arcology: the city in the... (more)
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  Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future

  by Joseph J. Corn

  Enormous skyscrapers will house residents and workers who happily go "for weeks" without setting foot on the ground. Streamlined, "hurricane-proof" houses will pivot on their foundations like weather vanes. The family car will turn into an airplane so easily that "a woman can do it in five minutes." Our wars will be fought by robots. And our living room furniture -- waterproof, of course -- will clean up with a... (more)
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  The Urban Ideal: Conversations with Paolo Soleri

  by Paolo Soleri

  Although Paolo Soleri is one of the world’s most famous and influential architects, little has been written about his life, work, and thought. The Urban Ideal fills that gap. Based on interviews conducted at Arcosanti in spring 2000, these conversations cover Soleri’s youth and education in fascist Italy, his immigration to America, and his radical approach to architecture that culminated in his ideal city based... (more)
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  Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for a New Millennium

  by Buckminster Fuller

  A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THE MAN AND HIS WORKR. Buckminster Fuller, inventor, thinker and architect, was one of the best known Americans of the 20th century. Often compared to Leonard da Vinci and called "the planet's friendly genius," he was the inventor of the geodesic dome, the man who coined the term "spaceship earth", and an educator without parallel. Yet today, most of his books are out of print.To remedy... (more)