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Fallingwater and icon of American Modern and Organic Architecture. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1936-38. The Koffman family were looking to build a summer retreat home. Fallingwater was commissioned by the Koffman family thanks to their son Edgar Koffman who was an apprentice studying under Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright was known for his Modern architecture and his love for nature. His organic architectural style had a big influence on how the house would be built. Wright was very fortunate to have these clients who were big into arts and always expanding their horizons to new things. This was possible because of their business that they had. As the Koffman family worked in the city it was a great joy for them to return on weekends to a respite away from the bustling city. Immediately after meeting with the Koffman family he acknowledged that the site was very important to them and figured out a way for it to be part of their stay at the waterfall. The building was constr...

E-1027; Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France; 1929; Other Fathers: Charles-Edouard Jeanerette-Gris and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe  The E-1027 villa was built in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. It was designed by Eileen Gray, whom is known for her architecture and furniture design. It was constructed with help of local crew members in 1929. During this era, unexperienced female architects were still frowned upon (Willette, “Eileen Gray, Architect: The E.1027 House”) . However, she was still able to conquer this stereotype and build this summer getaway for herself and her partner, Jean Badovici  (Flint, "Restoring Eileen Gray's E-1027") . Eileen Gray is well known to be a founder of the modern movement in architecture. The E-1027 made an unusually vital impact to modern architecture. This structure is considered to be her first major project (Muller; Hecker, "Eileen Gray") . The name of the house, E-1027 is symbolized a system communicating the bond...

The  Falling Water is a housing project design by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufmann’s family. The project is located 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is famous for its unique design concept - a house sit on above a stream and a waterfall, and the project has shown the appearance of Wright's concept "Organic Architecture": the structure has used cantilever with open plan design. In 1996, Falling Water was designated as a National Historic Landmark. Wright used to have a conflict with the Kaufmann’s family and consultation when he was designing the project. Furthermore, he wanted to follow his design philosophy and give up the project to  put pressure to the family to agree with him. Finally, they agreed and let Wright to produce amazing and stunning housing design to the world. The driveway passes through the forest and falls to approach the project. The bridge leads visitors to arrive the entrance. The falls has  set behind the ...

The Last house in the woods In the wilderness of Mill Run, Pennsylvania located in the Bear Run Nature Reserve sits a house camouflaged by nature. Design by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Falling Water house redefined the idea between man, architecture and Nature. Built as a weakened home for owners Mr. Edgar Kaufmann, his wife, and their son who worked under wright himself, the house in many ways was the product of, to simply put it, a last-minute scramble for ideas [3]. But, as it turned out this last-minute scramble turned to be one of the most architectural successful houses of the early 20th century. Inspired by Japanese architecture, Wright incorporated the house on to nature and vice versa. He wanted to create harmony between man and nature, and in doing so he integrated the house with the water fall (built on top of it) to do so [5].   Wright Revolved the house through two methods, on the outside and the inside. On the outside he used the presence of the falls, a...

Falling Water Falling Water is located in Pennsylvania and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Completed in 1964, Falling water is an excellent example of organic/modern architecture. This residence was designed for the Kaufmann family after the son developed a friendship with Frank Lloyd Wright while attending his school. The family imagined a home facing the waterfall so that they could view it every day. However, Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned the house integrating with the waterfall itself. He planned on doing this by placing the house onto of the waterfall in order to have it become a part of the Kaufmann family’s lives. Wright always had a great admiration for Japanese architecture which had a strong belief in strengthening the harmony between man and nature. By placing the building on top of the waterfall, it becomes dominant in the house through sound and feeling rather than sight. The waterfall is constantly crashing just below the summer home, echoing the sound througho...