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I think nothing yet ever equaled the coordination, sympathetic expression of the great principle of repose where forest and stream and rock and all the elements of structure are combined so quietly that really you listen not to any noise whatsoever although the music of the stream is there. But you listen to Fallingwater the way you listen to the quiet of the country…
These words were echoed by Frank Lloyd Wright, recalling the journey to establish his Magnus Opum, Fallingwater.
An American Masterpiece: The History and Architecture of Falling Water
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Check out our full tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Kraus House in this video: https://youtu.be/93L8JUedYwk
Thanks for sharing this video. I've been to Fallingwater a few times and always loved the experience. Not only is the house fabulous, it's also comfortable and feels approachable. The woods around the house are so peaceful and bucolic, while the sounds of the waterfall are truly relaxing.
Not far from there is Kentuck Knob, another Wright designed property we visited in 2016. It's open for tours and the owner has added modern sculptures to the property. They even have a section of the Berlin wall as part of the art there. It's also worth a visit if one is in Southwestern PA.
Amazing place.
This house has fascinated me since I was a small child. I hope to visit someday.
What a most unique house design and I love the sound of a waterfall trickling Sounds so calming and relaxing !! Love the videos Ken!! Such detail and well researched mansions. It’s nice to see some are still standing and maintained as museums.❤👌🇨🇦
Wonder what Autumn and Winter are like at this home.
I simply adore this house. I love its connection to nature and the landscape surrounding it.. Watching your video tour of Fallingwater is calming to the soul.. Thank you.
I can't describe the sense of excitement the first time Falling Water burst into my awareness. It gives me a curiosity as well as warm fuzziness as Vermeer and van Gogh.
Edger Jr was a student of FLLW and introduced Frank to his Father.
Another home in the area by FLLW is Kentuck Knob which is open to the public also. Both are well worth the trip. Everytime I visit I get goosebumps… Another great Video… there a highlight of my week. 👍
He designed the most amazing homes.❤
This was the first FLW house I visited. I’ve since visited Taliesin, and his gravesite, in Wisconsin, and the Stockman house in Mason City, Iowa. My bucket list is to tour as many of his homes as possible.
Great job including interior photos not commonly shown elsewhere on the web. To anyone thinking about visiting Falling Water, it is worth the effort. I've visited a few FLR homes, but this one was sublime.
Im not a fan. The house seems unwelcoming and harsh. Im disappointed at the interior design. “Cave-like” is a good descriptor. I would never choose to live in such a house, it depressed me.
Have known about the house from the architect perspective, but not the people who owned it. Fascinating background. Thanks much. I always enjoy your videos…keep up the great work!!!
I have seen pictures of this home many times but this is the first times I have seen the inside. So fascinating!
LOVE Falling Water💦
Fallingwater is my favorite work of Frank Lloyd Wright. I love how the same materials are used both inside and outside. Unfortunately, the thermal bridging that results makes Wright's houses infamous for being hard, or even impossible, to heat in the winter. I would like to see houses built in this style, but with double walls/floors/ceilings with a continuous layer of insulation in between.
I have visited this house twice. What surprises me the most is that it was built around 1937 and it has a 1960's feel very modern and contemporary.
If you ever visit Fallingwater, I recommend taking the V.I.P. tour. I costs more, but you are allowed to take photos inside the house. I must have taken over 200 pictures when I was there. I also got to see rooms, like the kitchen and basement, which are excluded from the regular tour.
That was awesome. My daughter went to the house and said it is much much better in person.
Lived in the Rockwood museum gatehouse in the 70s. A Wright house across the street “on the creek” just added to an awesome experience.
There is a FLW house in the town I live in. The Meyer May House. It was painstakingly renovated by Steelcase and they have tours, I have been thru it 4 or 5 times.
Thank You for this awesome video,Ken. This would be 1 of my dream homes! 👍🤗✌️
I got to visit Fallingwater in my 30s , being a 'fan' of FLW since my teen years. It was very emotional (I had tears), to see something you have regarded as the height artistic genius, incredible.
I saw pictures of Falling Water when I was in 8th grade and immediately fell in love with it.
This house is just perfect <3 I'm in love! Thank you for making a video about it
It’s a beautiful home.
There is another FLW home in Springfield Ohio referred to as the westcott house (the owner) of the westcott automobile
It has quite the history and at first not built to flw specs but when the foundation bought the house in the early 2000’s, they resorted it to FLW specs as best as they could it’s really cool to walk through
.a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…
My absolute favorite house. His work was magnificent.
This is my favorite house of his, stunning.
cool i live near fallingwater and my sil works there. so definitely cool to see it on this channel!
I have seen this particular house in magazines, but when I saw a short film on this house, at a film festival, I was completely fascinated by the way it was designed and built. Especially when it was built in a absolutely beautiful place. But I had no idea that it had issues with the structural integrity and strength of the framework. I am not surprised, as Frank Lloyd Wright could be quite careless regarding good quality architectural design. He could also be frequently a very difficult person to work with, regarding his clients and colleagues and students. Despite his immense talent.
Kaufmann nicknamed Fallingwater "Rising Mildew".
Kentuck Knob, another Frank Lloyd Wright House, is nearby.
My interpretation
Absolutely the most beautiful house in America and maybe anywhere!
Having spent much of my childhood roaming mountains and forests and beautiful rivers with waterfalls, this has to be my all time favorite fantasy house!
Mr Wright told aspiring architects—his apprentices, some of them—not to draw until an idea and a form were fully in mind. It is almost a certainty that he had the scheme for Fallingwater well in hand, in his head, on the day that he produced the drawings mentioned in the famous anecdote. Apprentices who were there reported no "bursting" and "demanding" on the part of Edgar Sr; those are embellishments. The cantilevers never reached a 7-degree slope; initial deflection was slight, and grew to 7" at its worst, over time. The stairs to the stream were not intended to encourage swimming, but viewing. Protected from the moving water, just upstream from the stairs, is a plunge pool for that purpose. The visitor center which Paul Mayen designed is remote from the house and garage, which was not "replaced."
You should make a video about a house in Oregon, I love your videos but I feel kind of left out.
I absolutely love it
I've been obsessed with Fallingwater for nearly 30 years, and I finally visited in May. It's just magnificent. We were lucky enough to arrive early and get photos before anyone else arrived
I was fortunate enough to be Edgar Kaufmann Jr.’s assistant when he spent a semester at Cornell’s School of Architecture in the 1980s. He handed me a bag full of slides (and not the big lantern slides either). I spent the term organizing them for his lectures, and had many conversations with him about Fallingwater. I had worked on the restoration of the Jacobs I house in Madison WI, so he knew I was familiar with the nitty gritty of Wright’s building process. Of course Fallingwater was radically different as were most of Wright’s large projects. He did tell me a lot about what it was like to spend vacations in the house. The dampness caused door and window frames to swell making them difficult to open and close properly. But he was a staunch defender of Wright’s genius—how could he not be?
As far as the slope of the cantilever goes, it was eventually found to be a failure to attach one of steel “tethers” during the original construction phase, and not any failure on Wright’s part which is very interesting.
contractors, eh?
A true meeting of the minds, with Wright being the perfect architect to bring this vision to reality. The Kaufmanns were the perfect clients, allowing Wright to once again take an incredible chance. Keep in mind Wright was close to 70 when this was designed, an age most men have been retired from work. This project, as well as the Jacobs house, plus SC Johnson Wax buildings, all ushered in his career resurgence. Yes he had multiple assistants/fellows to help him complete the projects, but one has to admire the sheer volume & scope of his broad career. Every Wright home I’ve been in is a facet in the jewel of Mr. Wright’s work. There are those that don’t care for his style, & that’s ok. Wright’s work wasn’t intended for the masses, even though the Usonian & Textile Block homes were an effort to bring style to the everyday citizen. I appreciate what was accomplished in times without computers, laser instruments, 3D mapping.