Falling Water was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright a 19th and 20th century architect from Spring Green, Wisconsin. Wright did some of his first work in Oak Park, IL and several of those homes still stand and are lived in today.
Falling Water was designed for the Kaufman family of Pittsburgh, PA. They'd had a cabin on some 1500 acres near Mill Run, PA and wanted to upgrade. When Wright saw the property and the beautiful creek, he talked the Kaufman's out of rebuilding the old cabin on the same location and built them a fantastic home hovering above the water.
One of Wright's themes in much of his work was about blending
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| Meyer-May House in Grand Rapids, MI-Wright used window to bring the outdoors in. |
At Falling Water, there are lots of staircases that are an actual part of the rocks and boulders of the area. The floor is somewhat uneven using the boulders as the actual floor. A staircase that is enclosed with a sliding glass ceiling allows for natural cooling of the main floor, and when open allows the occupant the opportunity to descend the stairs and dangle their feet in the running water.
Wright designed over 700 projects and a good 400 of them were completed. A large number of the projects no longer exist and a lot of effort is going into preserving what is left. There are homes all over the United states from California to Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and New Jersey. He designed the famous Gugenheim Museum in NYC and did international work as well.
Wright died in 1959, working up to a week before his death. His work shows he was a man and a designer well ahead of his time. His work is still considered masterpieces today. His designs can be purchased at Taliesin (Spring Green, WI) and Taliesin West (outside Phoenix, AZ).
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