Editing Paolo Soleri (section)

==Early life and education==
Soleri was born in [[Turin]], Italy. He was awarded his "laurea" (master's degree) in architecture from the [[Politecnico di Torino]] in 1946. He visited the United States in December 1946 and spent a year and a half in fellowship with [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] at [[Taliesin West]] in Arizona, and at [[Taliesin (studio)|Taliesin]] in Spring Green, Wisconsin. During this time, he gained international recognition for a bridge design that was displayed at the [[Museum of Modern Art]].<ref name="Paolo Soleri's Bridge Design Collection: Connecting Metaphor">{{cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/163889/paolo-soleris-bridge-design-collection-connecting-metaphor|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020|author=Oscar Lopez|title=Paolo Soleri's Bridge Design Collection: Connecting Metaphor}}</ref>

In 1950, Soleri, with his wife Colly (née Corolyn Woods), returned to [[Italy]] where he was commissioned to build a large ceramics factory, Ceramica Artistica Solimene, in [[Vietri sul Mare|Vietri]] on the Amalfi coast.<ref name="Solimene Ceramics Factory Video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFOXomHEZ-w| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lFOXomHEZ-w| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=November 11, 2011|title=Solimene Ceramics Factory Video|website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Soleri adapted ceramics industry processes learned at this time to use in his award-winning designs and production of ceramic and bronze windbells and [[silt-cast]] architectural structures. For more than 40 years, proceeds from sales of the wind-bells have been an important source of funds for construction that is meant to test his theoretical work. Ceramic and bronze bells continue to be produced and sold at [[Arcosanti]] and [[Cosanti]] in Arizona.<ref name="Cosanti | Bell Store | Bronze & Ceramic Bells for Sale">{{cite web|url=https://cosanti.com/|access-date=June 26, 2020|title=Bronze & Ceramic Bells for Sale}}</ref>

In 1956, Soleri settled in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], with Colly and the elder of their two daughters; the younger was born in Arizona. He began building [[Arcosanti]] in 1970 with the help of architecture and design students, as a place to test his urban design hypotheses. This "urban laboratory" (so-dubbed by [[Ada Louise Huxtable]], who at the time was the architecture critic of ''[[The New York Times]]'') became internationally renowned.<ref name="karissa"/>

Paolo and Colly Soleri made a lifelong commitment to research and experimentation in [[urban planning]]. They established the Cosanti Foundation, a not-for-profit [[501(c)(3)]] educational non-profit foundation. Soleri's philosophy and works were strongly influenced by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[paleontologist]] and philosopher [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}