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Fallingwater, a National Historic Landmark and a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is open for the 61st tour season with a variety of experiences for visitors to gain insights into Wright’s organic architecture and design philosophy, and discover the beauty of Fallingwater and its natural landscape.
Fallingwater is a house designed in 1935 by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) for the Kaufmann family, owners of Pittsburgh’s largest department store.
Oct 20, 2023 · Though the late American architect designed more than 1,000 buildings during his career, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater—a private home situated over an active waterfall in forested Mill Run,...
Fallingwater is a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Situated in the Mill Run section of Stewart township, in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States, [ 4] it is built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run river.
Fallingwater is Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture and the American Institute of Architects’ “best all-time work of American architecture.” Its owners, Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, were a prominent Pittsburgh couple, reputed for their distinctive sense of style and taste.
Fallingwater, weekend residence in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. The house’s daring construction over a waterfall was instrumental in reviving Wright’s career, and it became one of the most famous 20th-century buildings.
Perched above a mountain cataract on a rocky hillside deep in the rugged forest of Southwestern Pennsylvania, some 90 minutes from Pittsburgh, is the most famous house in the United States. The commission for Fallingwater was a personal milestone for the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, since it clearly marked a turning point in his career.
Designed in 1935 and completed in 1937, it is quite possible that Fallingwater just may be one of the most photographed, videoed, written about and talked about of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs. It is likely one of the most famous buildings of the 20th century.
May 14, 2010 · From its daring cantilevers to its corner window detail and constant sound of the waterfall, Fallingwater is the physical and spiritual occurence of man and architecture in harmony...
