Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, and is commonly referred to as the 'greatest American architect of all time'. Not only did his iconic style shape the ...

Architects talk about compression and expansion. It is one of architecture’s fundamental techniques, and it has become a trope. The meaning is vague, but understood by all. Compression and expansion ...

Compression is nature’s glue ... bending around the columns of a 13th-century Venice building at this year's Architecture Biennale. No glue, no mortar, no hidden substructure to ensure the ...