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A unique designer/patron relationship evolved between Wright and Kaufmann during the complex design-construction process. The success of the house resurrected Wright's career after the Great Depression. [8] The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, was designed by architect Richard Neutra and completed in 1946. [9]
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.
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. This is achieved through design approaches that aim to be sympathetic and well-integrated with a site, so buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition.
The 300,000-square-foot building [5] "was celebrated worldwide when it was built", according to Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation president Kelvin Dickinson. [7] Rudolph was known for brutalism, and a Historic American Buildings Survey dated 2018 said the building was "frequently described as Brutalist" and that its design was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and Rudolph's work on ...
The house is associated with the American Civil War Battle of Falling Waters, which took place July 13 and 14, 1863. The Civil War Sites Advisory Commission found the property to be the best preserved battlefield along the route of Robert E. Lee 's retreat from Gettysburg.
“This was the last building Costigan designed while he was still a resident in Madison,” John Staicer, Historic Madison Foundation Inc. president and executive director, told The Courier Journal.
Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "New Formalism". [5] [6] During his three-decade career, he and his firm designed over 250 buildings. [7] His firm, Yamasaki & Associates, closed on December 31, 2009. [8]