Fallingwater, 1935, Frank Lloyd Wright

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 Falling water is a very famous house done by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright during 1935 in Pennsylvania 43 miles from Pittsburgh. This house was designed as a weekend home for a family Kaufmann and her husband, Mr. Kaufmann was an owner of the department store. This house was built on a waterfall on the Bear Run in the Mill Run. This is one of Wright’s most beautiful work, this is listed as one of the 28 places to visit before you die. This house was designated as a national historic landmark on 1996. The American Institute of Architects name this project best time best work of American in 2007, it was ranked 29 on the AIA.
Mr. Kaufmann was a Pittsburgh businessman and the president of the department store. Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann only had one child called Edgar Kaufmann Jr, he became the catalyst for the father and Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1934, Edgar read Wrights autobiography and travel to meet Wright at his home at Wisconsin. Edgar started an apprenticeship with the Taliesin Fellowship which was architecture program established in 1932 by the Wright couple.
            Wright designed a home above the waterfall, with a beautiful view and cascades as Kaufmann had expected. Occurring to sources Kaufmann was unsatisfied with Wright and how he designed the house due to the fact that sat on top of the falls. Kaufmann envisions his house on the southern side of the Bear Run, facing the falls. He had emphases to Wright that was his favorite part of the property. The Kaufmann's always had large groups of people visiting, so they were looking for a larger plot than the original. They had also requested a total of 4 bedrooms one for Mr. Kaufmann, Mrs. Kaufmann, their older son and a guest room. This made me question if Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann had marriage issues. Wright uses a cantilever structure to address his request. Mendel Glickman and William Wesley Peters were the engineers responsible for the columns in this project. On October 1935 the preliminary plans were given to Kaufmann for approval right after Wright made a site visit to discuss the cost of the project. Wright visits the site from time to time but Robert was the assign site representative. The final set of drawings were done on March 1936, during this time they started working on the bridge and the main house in April of that year. Mr. Kaufmann was uncomfortable with the cantilever, so he took the drawings and got the second option from another engineer. He believed that wright had no experience with reinforcing concrete When Wright found out he was highly offended and demanded his drawings back, after this, they came to terms.
Fallingwater was a masterpiece due to tot eh dynamism and for its integration surrounding. This became a tourist place due to the organic architecture. "Wright had a passion for Japanese architecture which was strongly reflected in his design on Fallingwater especially on his exterior and interior spaces it has a strong emphasis on harmony between nature and man"(Waggoner,Lynda).


Sources:
-Smithsonian.com, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/frank-lloyd-wrights-most-beautiful-work-12103484/. Accessed 24
Mar. 2018.

-Waggoner, Lynda. Fallingwater. Rizzoli, 2011.

-Frank Lloyd Wright, 2011, fallingwater.org. Accessed 24 Mar. 2018.

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