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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.
Fallingwater, 2013 Kaufmann Desert House, 2017. Edgar J. Kaufmann and his wife, Liliane, commissioned two of the most recognized landmarks of 20th-century American modernism architecture: Pennsylvania's Fallingwater and California's Kaufmann Desert House. Fallingwater is a National Historic Landmark [6] and on the National Register of Historic ...
Wright created the ultimate masterpiece of organic architecture, Fallingwater, which best demonstrates his organic architecture philosophy: the harmonious union of art and nature. Fallingwater [1] is the residence Wright designed for the Kaufmann family in rural Pennsylvania. Wright had many choices to locate a home on this large site but chose ...
The Fallingwater house, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is located on this stream at the locality known as Mill Run. [7] Bear Run is inside the Bear Run Nature Reserve, protected by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. [8] Bear Run is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River. [9]
Between 1928 and 1935, he built only two buildings: a hotel near Chandler, Arizona, and the most famous of all his residences, Fallingwater (1934–37), a vacation house in Pennsylvania for Edgar J. Kaufman. Fallingwater is a remarkable structure of concrete slabs suspended over a waterfall, perfectly uniting architecture and nature. [43]
In October 2008, the house was listed for sale at US$12.95 million, but it was not sold. [7] It was again listed for sale in October 2020 at US$25 million. [8] The Kaufmann house was included in a list of all-time top 10 houses in Los Angeles, despite its location in Palm Springs, in a Los Angeles Times survey of experts in December 2008. [9]
In 1975, Mayén built a country house for himself and Kaufmann in Garrison, New York, on the east side of the Hudson River. [8] Known as Water Run, this property was sold in 2021 for $1.6M. Kaufmann died in 1989, [9] and his ashes were scattered around the property at Fallingwater by Mayén. [5] [10] Mayén died on November 3, 2000.
Falling Water, a TV series on the USA Network; Fallingwater, a house in Pennsylvania designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; Fallingwater (composition), a concerto inspired by the house in Pennsylvania designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; Fallingwater, a 2005 album by Lisa Miskovsky "Fallingwater" (song), a 2018 single by Maggie Rogers