Heather first told me about this place.
Fallingwater or Kaufmann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 43 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
The home was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains.
Hailed by Time Magazine shortly after its completion as Wright's "most beautiful job", it is listed among Smithsonian's Life List of 28 places "to visit before you die." It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1991, members of the American Institute of Architects named the house the "best all-time work of American architecture" and in 2007, it was ranked twenty-ninth on the list of America's Favorite Architecture according to the AIA.
Even the parking lot is beautiful
Not my photo, but a nice lit up version from later in the day.
There is art throughout (see the statue below) from the Kaufman family whose fortune was made in the department store business in Pittsburgh. Our guide said he could easily talk all day just about the art in the house.
Stairway down to step into a pool made by the waterfall.
Looking over the cantilevered veranda.
The swimming pool.
Built in furniture is a FLW signature so the customers can't move it around.
The guide awaits, a nice young man who just graduated with a major in Historic Preservation.
Some of the food in the cafe was from recipes of the Kaufman family cook.
A brother & sister competed to get the best photo of me in front of the house built into a waterfall.
Nice spot for a party,
I could easily enjoy living in this 1930's house!
FLW seems to be a big theme in your journey. I love the way his work makes you think differently about living and the aesthetics of living.
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