Doug Sydnor, FAIA Concrete is not only a long-lasting material; humans have also used it for a long time. Its origins are a concrete-like material used in the 4th century B.C. in southern Syria and northern Jordan. The Roman Empire improved concrete and used it to build revolutionary designs of structural complexity and dimension, such as the Colosseum in Rome and the Pantheon, the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. After the Roman Empire collapsed during the 4th cen

By James Logan Abell, FAIA Albert Chase McArthur, a 44-year-old Chicago architect, arrived in Phoenix in 1925 to join his two younger brothers, Charles and Warren Jr. McArthur. The brothers had been city residents for more than a decade and were successful businessmen having launched a Dodge dealership in 1914 and the city’s first radio station, KFAD 930 AM, in 1922, which became KTAR in 1929. Yet, Albert’s contribution also shines brightly, having designed one of the Salt Ri

In the mid-1980s, while viewing permanent architectural collection models at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, I was surprised to encounter a contemporary custom home in Scottsdale: the 1948 Louis C. Upton Residence. The design seemed reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic approach to architecture, but was the work of Robert “Paul” Schweikher (of Schweikher and Elting), an architect I didn’t know at the time. The Upton Residence was located at 353 East Camelback

Frank Lloyd Wright died sixty years ago, but is still the super star of American architects. One of his homes is for sale and featured this week at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. Photos with listing agent permission available for media use at: http://bit.ly/toptenmedia “Frank Lloyd Wright” Frank Lloyd Wright died sixty years ago on April 9, 1959, but is still the super star of American architects. In a career of over 70 years, Wright changed the way that homes were built and how