Fallingwater facts characteristics
Fallingwater House executed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Fallingwater is as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces
History
The house belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann a wealthy couple from Pittsburgh that owned a fashionable department store. The couple loved certain spot in the mountains named Bear Run where they often escaped on weekends to be in touch with nature.
They used to camp there until they finally decided that it was time to built a proper home. They were attracted to Frank Lloyd Wright organic architectural concepts and approached him for the project. Wright loved nature as much as the Kaufmann couple and he understood that his clients wanted something very special that only an innovative architect like himself could design. He also knew that the Kaufmanns loved the waterfall, and he decided to make it part of their new home.
The Kaufmann expected the house to have a view of the waterfall but instead they found that their house will be right on top of the waterfall and in fact it would be hard to see them but not to hear them!
Wright explained that he wanted the Kaufmanns to live with the waterfall and not just to look at them from their windows once in a while.
FACTS
• Design and construction: Designed in 1935 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) The main house constructed 1936-38, followed by the guest house construction in 1939
• Final cost: $155,000 (Included $8,000 architect’s fees, and $4,500 for installed walnut furnishings)
• Square footage: The main house uses 5,330 square feet. (2885 sq. ft. interior; 2445 sq. ft. terraces) while the guest house uses 1,700 square. feet.
• Paint Colors: Wright's desired to create a unified and organic composition for this he limited the use of color at Fallingwater. Only two colors were used throughout: light ochre for the concrete and his signature Cherokee red for the steel. .
• Tourism : 4.5 million people since opening our doors in 1964, with 160,950 in 2011.
• Fallingwater is the
Fallingwater is as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces
History
The house belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann a wealthy couple from Pittsburgh that owned a fashionable department store. The couple loved certain spot in the mountains named Bear Run where they often escaped on weekends to be in touch with nature.
They used to camp there until they finally decided that it was time to built a proper home. They were attracted to Frank Lloyd Wright organic architectural concepts and approached him for the project. Wright loved nature as much as the Kaufmann couple and he understood that his clients wanted something very special that only an innovative architect like himself could design. He also knew that the Kaufmanns loved the waterfall, and he decided to make it part of their new home.
The Kaufmann expected the house to have a view of the waterfall but instead they found that their house will be right on top of the waterfall and in fact it would be hard to see them but not to hear them!
Wright explained that he wanted the Kaufmanns to live with the waterfall and not just to look at them from their windows once in a while.
FACTS
• Design and construction: Designed in 1935 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) The main house constructed 1936-38, followed by the guest house construction in 1939
• Final cost: $155,000 (Included $8,000 architect’s fees, and $4,500 for installed walnut furnishings)
• Square footage: The main house uses 5,330 square feet. (2885 sq. ft. interior; 2445 sq. ft. terraces) while the guest house uses 1,700 square. feet.
• Paint Colors: Wright's desired to create a unified and organic composition for this he limited the use of color at Fallingwater. Only two colors were used throughout: light ochre for the concrete and his signature Cherokee red for the steel. .
• Tourism : 4.5 million people since opening our doors in 1964, with 160,950 in 2011.
• Fallingwater is the