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9 unusual facts about Fallingwater


Boris Zeisser

Inspired by multiple visits to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and this type of relation between architecture and nature, Boris Zeisser decided to study and practice architecture.

Envane

The cover image features an abstract depiction of Fallingwater, a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Hollyhock House

An interesting feature is the glass corners, an early Wright idea later used at Fallingwater.

Kaufman House

Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr.

Organic architecture

A well-known example of organic architecture is Fallingwater, the residence Frank Lloyd Wright designed for the Kaufman family in rural Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Route 381

PA 381 runs through more forested areas and passes through Kauffman, at which point it passes to the east of Fallingwater.

Point State Park

He brought in Wright, by that time a preeminent architect, who had done numerous other projects for Kaufmann in the past, including Kaufmann's landmark home at Fallingwater and an unbuilt design for a parking garage.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

The bridging sequences show Bugs at his home, which is cantilevered over a carrot-juice waterfall (modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater" house in Bear Run, Pennsylvania).

Titans Tower

This tower resembles Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece Fallingwater.


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Villa Mairea

Early in 1938, however, inspiration came from a radically different source, the residence named ‘Fallingwater’ designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, which had just received international acclaim thanks to an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and publication in Life and Time magazines, as well as in architectural journals.


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