Chapter 1
Shaping the American prairie
Chapter 2
Living with nature at Fallingwater
Chapter 3
Seismic design and Eastern elegance
Chapter 4
The spiral of the Guggenheim and late works
YOUR GOAL
Master of The genius of Frank Lloyd Wright
Ch 2 · Living with nature at Fallingwater
torito Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright
Fallingwater, hear the flow, Live with the falls, let the water show!
torito Wright used local sandstone and glass walls to dissolve the boundary between the interior rooms and the forest.
torito Wright used long, unsupported concrete beams to make the balconies of Fallingwater hover dramatically over the river.
BETA
torito Place natural elements to discover Frank Lloyd Wright's genius for integrating architecture with nature.
Fun Fact
Fallingwater's natural desk: Wright built a desk in Fallingwater with a cutout curved specifically to allow a nearby tree to grow undisturbed.
Glossary
organic architecture (noun)
A philosophy of architectural design that promotes harmony between human habitations and the natural world. Frank Lloyd Wright exemplified this philosophy in 1935 when designing the Kaufmann family's Pennsylvania waterfall retreat.
A philosophy of architectural design that promotes harmony between human habitations and the natural world. Frank Lloyd Wright exemplified this philosophy in 1935 when designing the Kaufmann family's Pennsylvania waterfall retreat.
Quiz
What did Frank Lloyd Wright do to the stone floors inside Fallingwater to make them resemble the nearby riverbed?
Quiz
Instead of placing Fallingwater across from the waterfall to view it, where did Frank Lloyd Wright build the house?
Quiz
What is the name of Frank Lloyd Wright's personal home and studio in Spring Green, Wisconsin, which he rebuilt twice after fires?
Quiz
How did Frank Lloyd Wright design the corner windows of Fallingwater to ensure uninterrupted views of nature?
Quiz
What architectural term describes a long, horizontal beam supported at only one end, used by Wright to float balconies over Fallingwater?
Quiz
For which wealthy department store owner and his family did Frank Lloyd Wright design Fallingwater in 1935?