Expensive tours so didn't take it. Restaurant closed. Horrible washboard,sharp-rock 2 mile road to get there.
October 2023
This place is a dump, just a bunch of trash and burnout rude people working/living there. I’ve seen better architecture in slums.
May 2023
Excellent location and interesting tour. Great window to an intentional community and history of its creation and continued survival in the more modern world.
In 1970, The Cosanti Foundation began building Arcosanti, an experimental town in the high desert of Arizona, 70 miles north of metropolitan Phoenix. An ambitious project envisioned as an experiment in living frugally and with a limited environmental footprint, Arcosanti is an attempt at a prototype arcology, integrating the design of architecture with respect to ecology. Based on a set of four core values that include Frugality and Resourcefulness, Ecological Accountability, Experiential Learning, and Leaving a Limited Footprint. The Cosanti Foundation operates Arcosanti as a counterpoint to mass consumerism, urban sprawl, unchecked consumption of natural resources, and social isolation.
