Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Cosanti

Accession Number: 
176504
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
Cat Cast House (1965), view of the north apse
Date of View: 
8/15/1992
Image description: 
The earth over which concrete was cast to form this structure was molded by a caterpillar tractor, thus ¿cat¿-cast. Once a dormitory for workshop participants the house now serves as a residence for Cosanti staff artisans. The adjacent apse faces south to form a courtyard in front of the house. It was cast in the sections over wooden tent poles supported by scaffolding.
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module FIVE
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Architecture and energy conservation
Work Types: 
Geography; settlements; cities; ideal cities
Work Types: 
Architecture; multiple dwellings; housing complexes; housing projects
Work Types: 
built environment; settlements and landscapes; inhabited places
Preferred Title: 
Cosanti
Agent Display: 
Paolo Soleri (American architect, born 1919)
Date: 
begun 1956 (creation)
Materials: 
cast reinforced concrete
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Locations: 
Cosanti, Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Twentieth century
Classification: 
Architecture