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'''Cosanti''' is the gallery and studio of Italian-American architect [[Paolo Soleri]]; it was his residence until his death in 2013. Located in [[Paradise Valley, Arizona]], USA, it is open to the public. Cosanti is marked by terraced landscaping, experimental earth-formed concrete structures, and its sculptural wind-bells.
 
Soleri is best known for [[Arcosanti]], the prototype for an [[arcology|arcological]] "urban laboratory" begun in 1970 in the high desert about seventy miles north of [[Phoenix, Arizona]]; its community is comparatively young. '''Cosanti''' is where Soleri and his wife, Colly (née Corolyn Woods) Soleri, established their residence in 1956, with metropolitan Phoenix their city{{Clarify|date=December 2017}}, on a site just a few miles from [[Taliesin West]], where Soleri had studied. It is an area that has since been surrounded by expensive suburban residences. Cosanti has been designated an Arizona Historic Site.
 
Paolo Soleri invented the words ''Cosanti'', ''[[Arcosanti]]'' and ''[[arcology]]''. He coined ''arcology'' by combining the words ''architecture'' and ''ecology''. ''Cosanti'' fuses two Italian words, ''cosa'' (meaning "things", "property", "matter", "business") and ''anti'' ("against"). ''Arcosanti'' combines ''arcology'' with ''Cosanti''.