U.S.A. - 20th Century Architecture, U.S.A. - Northeast & Middle Atlantic Architecture, Individual Architects, Designers, & Planners, Moderne/1930s Architecture, U.S. - Individual Buildings & Designs, Prairie School Architecture
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Overview
Fallingwater is one of the most inventive houses of Frank Lloyd Wright's long career and one of the twentieth century's most celebrated icons. Placed above a waterfall in a deep ravine known as Bear Run, its horizontal cantilevered floors and terraces soar free of apparent support above the cascades and pools of the stream. Walls are avoided almost entirely, the sense of shelter provided by the overhangs and by screen-like windows detailed to enhance the buildings vertical and horizontal rhythms. Within the house, the effects of dappled light, surrounding foliage and tumbling water exemplify Wright's attitudes towards integrating architecture and nature.Book Details
Published
September 1, 1994
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd
Pages
60
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780714829951