The word architecture has two meanings. Architecture is:. The activity of designing and planning buildings 2. The style of a building. Every building is built for a reason. Some buildings are meant to be lived in, while others are built to be businesses, schools, palaces, and more! We can learn a lot when we look closely at buildings, especially about the people who built or lived in them, how they were built, and what they were used for. Buildings come in all shapes, sizes, and materials.
Some buildings are so beautiful or interesting, they become famous! Fallingwater is the name of a very special house that is built over a waterfall. Fallingwater was built between and It instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark. Why is it so famous? Think about it! Trees surround it. Water swirls underneath. Huge boulders rest at its feet.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater to be in harmony with nature. Bear Run property he was shown areas suitable for a new house, the falls with its several cascades and large, smooth rock surface for basking.
Wright designed a house like nothing ever seen before. He wrote a letter to Edgar Kaufmann saying he was so stirred by the setting that he wanted to create a building that would be an accompaniment to the music of the stream.
They thought their new house would have a wonderful view of the falls. But instead, with the house right on top of the falls, it was very difficult to even see them. But not to hear them! Frank Lloyd Wright told them that he wanted them to live with the waterfalls, to make them part of their everyday life, and not just to look at them now and then. Wright used only 4 materials to build Fallingwater— sandstone, reinforced concrete, steel and glass.
Can you find all of them? All the stone at Fallingwater was quarried about feet west of the waterfalls. Workers put up the stone in a rough, shifting manner so it would look like rock coming right from the ground.
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Meret Oppenheim, Object Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon. Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater. Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building. Warhol, Marilyn Diptych. Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden. Within three years, the elder Kaufmann will also die, passing the duty of preserving Fallingwater on to Edgar jr.
In October 29, , during a public dedication ceremony, Edgar Kaufmann jr. The Kaufmann Conservation on Bear Run not only honored his parents but paved way for it to become a cultural center open to public visitation. In his remarks, Kaufmann described it thus:.
It has served well as a home, yet has always been more than that: a work of art, beyond any measures of excellence. Fallingwater opened for public tours in and saw 29, visitors its first season. Steadily increasing since, annual visitation now exceed , with over 5. Ever vigilant, Edgar Kaufmann continued to visit the house and was instrumental in guiding its transition to a museum and continued serving as an advisor to the staff until his death in Visitor Information.
Designing Fallingwater. The House over the Waterfall The partnership between Edgar Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright was a fruitful one, founded upon a mutual respect and a shared affinity for new ideas and challenging boundaries. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits.
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