Arcology: The City in the Image of Man
$135.00
Soleri, Paolo. MIT Press, 1969. Softbound. A Calvino-worthy exploration of conceptual cities by Soleri, positing the marriage of architecture and ecology—arcology—as being fundamental to a democratic society. Arcology, writes Sibyl Moholy-Nagy in the back cover copy, 'is so all-embracing in its scope that it relates the arcological city units to the entire evolution of organic life, from the proto-biological Urschleim (primordial ooze) to an as yet unresolved Neo-Matter.'
Spine is tight, but has some chipping and creasing. Former owner stamp to the first leaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Moderate rubbing, creasing, and edge-wear to the covers. Oversized.