Fallingwater is a private home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, commissioned by a wealthy department store owner. I think it is FL Wright's greatest accomplishment because his design integrates into nature more than any of his other homes. The cantilevers mimic the falling of the waterfalls, cascading through and under the house.
Sadly, Wright was a heinous person who did not pay his assistants or workmen, always missed his deadlines, and was an altogether disagreeable human being.
This ingenious home in Pennsylvania sprang many leaks. One was made into a fountain, despite the fact that it is inside the home. The structural engineer told Wright that his design was wrong; it was not structurally supported sufficiently in the cantilevers. Wright stuck to his guns, and years later, the engineers' opinions came true and the owners had to constantly shore it up.
A work of art made by a piece of work.
Your Architecture fan,
Patsie
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