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Edgar Kaufmann Jr. (stylized as Edgar Kaufmann jr.; April 9, 1910 – July 31, 1989) was an American architect, lecturer, author, and an adjunct professor of architecture and art history at Columbia University.
Edgar Jonas Kaufmann (November 1, 1885 – April 15, 1955) [1] was an American businessman and philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural masterpieces, Fallingwater , designed by Frank Lloyd Wright , and the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs ...
In the 1950s Mayén met fellow art student Edgar Kaufmann Jr. with whom he would have a relationship and work partnership that would last until Kaufmann's death in 1989. [1] In 1975, Mayén built a country house for himself and Kaufmann in Garrison, New York, on the east side of the Hudson River. [8]
Fallingwater is situated in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States, [4] [5] about 72 miles (116 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. [6] [7] The house is located near Pennsylvania Route 381 (PA 381), [8] [9] between the communities of Ohiopyle and Mill Run in Fayette County.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Edgar J. Kaufmann (1885–1955), Jewish German-American businessman and philanthropist Edgar Kaufmann Jr. (1910–1989), American architect, author, and professor Topics referred to by the same term
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Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of the famous Fallingwater house. In the post-war years, the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last owned by Federated Department Stores. At the height of its ...