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Apr 1, 2024 · Perhaps the most enduring symbol of Kaufmann’s legacy is Fallingwater, the iconic house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family in Pennsylvania. More than just a family retreat, Fallingwater represented Kaufmann’s deep appreciation for Wright’s organic architecture and the seamless integration of structure and nature. Upon ...
Apr 8, 2009 · 1934-37. Completed in 1937, Fallingwater was built as a private weekend retreat for the Pittsburgh department-store magnate Edgar J. Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. The bold design of the house, which seems to hover dramatically above a waterfall, was immediately hailed by critics as a masterpiece of modern architecture, catapulting Wright ...
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds ...
Apr 21, 2020 · The Kaufmann Office came to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in 1974 as a gift from the retail magnate’s son, Edgar Kaufmann Jr, who had been so inspired by reading Wright’s autobiography ...
The celebrated design of this house for Pittsburgh department store magnate Edgar J. Kaufmann is the realization of Wright’s romantic vision of man living in harmony with nature. He anchored a series of reinforced concrete “trays” to the masonry wall and natural rock forming the rear of the house that cantilever over the falls. The first ...
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York), 4821.004 Sketch - Point View Residences Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect, Point View Residences for the Edgar J. Kaufmann Charitable Trust (Scheme II), 1952, Ink, pencil, and color pencil on ...
Dec 6, 2023 · Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann House), 1935-38, Bear Run, Pennsylvania (photo: Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress #LC-DIG-highsm-04261) Perched above a mountain cataract on a rocky hillside deep in the rugged forest of Southwestern Pennsylvania, some 90 minutes from Pittsburgh, is America’s most famous house.
