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Kisairis Espinal                             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 Wr...

Kisairis Espinal The Guggenheim Museum (The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) is an art museum located in New York on Fifth Avenue. this museum is the permanent home for post-impressionist, early modern, impressionist and contemporary art, all these feature exhibitions throughout time. this was a Frank Lloyd Wright project the idea “temple of the spirit” this cylindrical building is wider at the top than the bottom. Its interior unique ramp extends from the ground level in a long continuous spiral throughout the outer edge of the building. In 1992 the building went through a renovation when the adjoining tower was built. Throughout the eight decades, the museum has grown tremendously from the original collection. 1.2 million people have visited the museum and have been stated to be the most popular exhibition in New York.              Solomon R. Guggenheim comes from a wealthy mining family. That collects very old masterpieces since 1890’s. During 19...