After Kentuck Knob we visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece – Fallingwater, which was voted the most important building of the 20th century in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects. Fallingwater is the name of a very special house that stretches out over a 30’ waterfall.
Fallingwater was designed by the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 for Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar Kaufmann Sr. (Today, it is part of the Macy’s chain). The House was used as a mountain retreat by the Kaufman family.
Nowadays, Fallingwater is entrusted to a Conservancy with its buildings, collections and site intact. The donation was received under a deed of trust that requires the Conservancy to preserve and maintain the buildings. It has been opened to the public since 1964.
Throughout his illustrious career Frank Lloyd Wright has created unique architectural designs all over the world. As an example, the enormously prominent structure that he designed is The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, a modern art museum located in New York City.
We had to take pictures under the Fallingwater sign on our way to the Visitor Center.
