Fallingwater
Title
Fallingwater
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
July 30, 2015
Alternative Title or Name
Edgar & Liliane Kaufmann home
Creator
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
May, 1977
Work Location
Pennsylvania (state)
Mill Run (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Subject
houses
organic architecture
interior views
trellises
Description
Interior view of trellis and view of balcony at the home of Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1939. "The circulation through the house consists of dark, narrow passageways, intended this way so that people experience a feeling of compression when compared to that of expansion the closer they get to the outdoors. The ceilings of the rooms are low, reaching only up to 6'4" in some places, in order to direct the eye horizontally to look outside. The beauty of these spaces is found in their extensions towards nature, done with long cantilevered terraces. Shooting out at a series of right angles, the terraces add an element of sculpture to the houses aside from their function,"--AD Classics: Fallingwater House / Frank Lloyd Wright, by Adelyn Perez, May 14, 2010.
Material/Medium
concrete
stone (worked rock)
Measurements
main house: 5,330 square feet
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TO-864
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