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Fallingwater

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Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pa., house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis. Wright is widely considered the greatest American architect. After studying civil engineering at the Univ.
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. Fallingwater (1936–39) is an architectural tour de force of Wright's organic philosophy, whereby a building should be completely integrated with its environment. Seen from below, the house is boldly cantilevered over a waterfall, with its powerful balconies and terraces seemingly suspended in midair.


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The Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania that recently kicked off a new program where visitors can spend a full day and two evenings at the residence, has been visited by more than 4 million people.
He gained critical acclaim for his public works, including the Toussaint L'Ouverture Monument in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a figure of the actress Rose McClendon for Frank Lloyd Wright's path-breaking home, Fallingwater.
He serves as a technical advisor with the Fallingwater restoration project.
 
 
 
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