Taking another look at Paolo Soleri's toxic legacy
In November 2017, four years after her father’s death, Soleri’s youngest daughter, Daniela, published an essay on medium.com, claiming that her father had sexually abused her and attempted to rape her as a teenager. She had told some of Soleri’s inner circle decades earlier, she wrote, and they had done nothing.Steve Rose of The Guardian explores the legacy of architect Paolo Soleri, both sordid and visionary. The in-depth article delves both into the history of Arcosanti and Soleri's heroic status while also highlighting the architect's toxic relationships with various women, including his daughter, Daniela, who he sexually abused. The article, published before the recent announcement that the Taliesin School of Architecture would relocate to Arcosanti from Taliesin, is worth revisiting amid the ongoing reckoning taking place with regards to abuses of power within architecture.
In November 2017, four years after her father’s death, Soleri’s youngest daughter, Daniela, published an essay on medium.com, claiming that her father had sexually abused her and attempted to rape her as a teenager. She had told some of Soleri’s inner circle decades earlier, she wrote, and they had done nothing.
Steve Rose of The Guardian explores the legacy of architect Paolo Soleri, both sordid and visionary.
The in-depth article delves both into the history of Arcosanti and Soleri's heroic status while also highlighting the architect's toxic relationships with various women, including his daughter, Daniela, who he sexually abused. The article, published before the recent announcement that the Taliesin School of Architecture would relocate to Arcosanti from Taliesin, is worth revisiting amid the ongoing reckoning taking place with regards to abuses of power within architecture.
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