This is actually one of my favorite residential homes in The United States. It's in Bear Pun, Pennsylvania and is designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was built in 1939.

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Yeah, this is also my favorite residential building in the U.S., and perhaps the world. Great pics. Thanks!

Just curious, who lives there right now?

It's probably a museum now...

I think It is a museum, own by Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.

I absolutely adore that house! It truly is an incredible design, probably the house that got me interested in architecture...

If I was a millionaire, I wanna have a similar house like that in either Shek O or Clear Water Bay :D

Amazing , and to think this is a 66 year old design, still looks so fresh, truly extraordinary.

It's a really old house but it still looks very contemporary!

well, yeah one of the best works done by frank lloyd wright!!

HE'S A GENIUS............
how can 66 yr ld house stay hip!!!...............
truly unbelievable...........

it's an "architecture one with nature"

It's one of the best examples of symbiosis between architecture and nature, a true masterpiece.

the western pennsylvania conservancy owns and operates the house and surrounding forest...

i like it on the outside...but the inside shows that it was design by a man of short stature... if you are anywhere around 6 feet tall its a difficult house to manuver through without some care given to doorways and ceilings

great house though

It's one of the best examples of symbiosis between architecture and nature, a true masterpiece.
It is indeed.
I love both the location and the house itself.It's amazing.

It's great, I love the cantilevered levels of this house. Truly amazing!

im hoping someday i can go there to see the place...

This house realy stands the test of time (design-wise). The design seems fresh and modern in any decade, be it the 30s, 70s, or today. Structuraly, the house is in bad shape, and millions of dollars are being spent to keep the cantalievered portions from collapsing.

one of the most beautiful house ever build.. and it is one of my fav!! very nice :cool: i like the rusticated stones he used for this house.. blend in soo well with the surroundings.. trully a masterpiece! :okay:

Simply stunning, have wanted this house ever since I stumbled accross a thumb of it on Encarta. Didn't know it was FLW back then either, when I found out my love for it grew even more :D

FWL Houses (http://lintacious.com/gallery/v/places/pittsburgh/frank_lloyd_wright_houses/) and Half Life 2 Engine Map of FW (http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2006/08/frank-lloyd-wright-architectual.html)

There is also the map of Falling Water in the Half Life Engine that you can download somewhere. You can't spawn and walk around but you can view it. It's really neat and from what I can remember, quite accurate.

The other FWL house, Kentuck Knobb, is just about 10 mins down the road from Falling Water. It is privately owned by some rich english guy but is designed just as creatively.

Also, someone mentioned about the houses being built for people small in stature; FWL's designs were very asian-influenced. Lots of flat roofs, straight lines and angles, etc. As well, his motto was "if it can't be displayed, throw it away". None of his houses had basements and all of the closets were small. To make up for this he used a lot of build in shelving, that worked with the design of the house. i.e. actually built into the house.

And with falling water, the neat thing is that you can open up every single window in the house to really make it feel like you are outside. Oh and if you look at the half life two map, you can see the kitchen; which you cannot see when you go on the tour.

I was able to tour Fallingwater almost twenty years ago. It is a very remarkable building and quite magical. I like the staircase from the living room that takes you down to the river. Unfortunately like so many FLW homes, it is not very well built and my understanding is that it was closed for repairs.

Does anyone from the Pittsburgh area know if it is reopened?

Dude!

Fallingwater is in Bear Run, PA. Or was that a "Pun"?
Trivia: the center in SW PA of white water canoeing.

FLW did not design his buildings with low ceilings because "he was short".
They are like that to increase horizontality, create scale, make them seem broader, lower and more integrated in the landscape, to create contrast, "explosion" in transitions from low ceilinged to high volumed spaces.

Why bother contributing if you don't know what you're talking about?:nuts:

Bob

There's a good video here
http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/fallingwater_htm/fallingwater_movie_index.htm#

An iconic house. When one thinks of Frank Lloyd Wright, one thinks of Fallingwater or the Guggenheim.

Now both have been showcased in Lego's Architecture series.

Here's Fallingwater, something you'd expect to be selling at the museum gift shop. :) At ridiculous prices!
http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/21005-1.jpg

One of my favourite houses of all time - amazing how he made so many horizontal and obviously man made features and materials blend so seemlessly with the surrounding natural landscape

Wow! , very beautiful ,

One of my favourite houses on the planet! Just amazing...

I was able to tour Fallingwater almost twenty years ago. It is a very remarkable building and quite magical. I like the staircase from the living room that takes you down to the river. Unfortunately like so many FLW homes, it is not very well built and my understanding is that it was closed for repairs.

Does anyone from the Pittsburgh area know if it is reopened?

I go to Ohiopyle (state park next to Fallingwater) all the time. I go to Fallingwater atleast once a year for the last 5 years and it is always open.

They got done fixing the Cantilever on it though. I believe the Structural group at Astorino Group in Pittsburgh had to replace steel beems to support a sloping cantilever.

I worked in a architecture firm that designed shit one year. There was this guy bashing fallingwater and saying it sucked. I just shook my heard and thought, "Here is a ITT Tech architect who designs stripmalls bashing one of the worlds greatest architect's masterpieces ever."

And now you know why mainstream architecture (i.e. not major projects) is going to the dogs these days...

That's what it's called, I wonder how much it costs :O

the cost will mostly be in the maintainence of the building.

wow! he is a genius!

Are you even allowed to copyright a photo of this house? How did this guy end up doing so?

Great piece.
Integrity is what we need.

Genius Loci understood

I Hope you guys keep on posting not only skyscrapers but stunning architecture examples as well.