Falling water was a structure designed by Frank lloyd Wright for his client Edgar Kaufmann jr.
The project took 3 years to build and was completed in 1939. Originally a weekend home, but now it is a national landmark and is remembered for being Wright's greatest achievement.
The house is built on a waterfall in Bear Run, Pennsylvania. It has a daring and dramatic shape which looks over a waterfall. The house was built using only re-enforced concrete, sand stone, glass, and steel and used masonry bricks for the outer walls.
Wright used clever techniques to conceal the structural elements. One example is the use of structural steel in window mullions to support the upper terrace, and the use of reinforced concrete by concealing beams within the concrete slabs of the terrace. The cantilevers used to support its upper level terrace and 4 corbels piers hidden beneath the concrete give off the illusion that it is freely standing over a 30 foot waterfall.…show more content… He also left a bolder protruding out from the floor in the living space to show respect to the nature around the house. The floors were also lined with the stone found near the site furthering Wright's idea of keeping in harmony with nature. The outside of the house’s walls were finished off by masonries. The house also uses semicircles in the beams to accommodate trees growing on the site. This concept is know as organic architecture and Wright used it to seamlessly blend the modern structure with its
