The Kaufmanns’ unique path as a family, which led them to the community of Bear Run,

Pennsylvania, and eventually the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, would lay the foundation for
Fallingwater—one of the greatest architectural triumphs of the 20th century.
Wright argued that he did not want to relegate the falls to a mere view on which the
Kaufmanns might occasionally look from afar, but that he wanted to bring the falls to the
family's everyday life. he told them, “not just to look at it, but for it to become an
integral part of your lives.”

For example, where glass meets stone walls no metal frame is used; From the cantilevered living room, a stairway
leads directly down to the stream below
No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the
hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together, each the
happier for the other.”
Organic Architecture is a belief that the natural life that exists in a
space should flow into, peacefully coexist with and benefits from
whatever is constructed there.
Arsitektur Organik adalah keyakinan bahwa kehidupan alami yang ada di suatu ruang harus
mengalir masuk, hidup berdampingan secara damai dengan dan mendapatkan manfaat dari apa
pun yang dibangun di sana.

Frank Lloyd Wright

An American architect, designer, writer, and educator, Frank Lloyd Wright promoted organic
architecture, which was best exemplified in his most famous work—Fallingwater. During his seventy-
year career, Wright designed over 1,100 buildings (seeing over 500 of them realized), authored
twenty books and numerous articles, and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe
until his death. Already renowned during his lifetime, Wright is now considered the “greatest
American architect of all time."

Fallingwater is a house designed in 1935 by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-

1959). The house was designed as a private residence and weekend home for the family of
Pittsburgh department store owner, Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr. Fallingwater is one of Wright’s most
widely acclaimed works and best exemplifies his philosophy of organic architecture: the harmonious
union of art and nature.

Wright designed Fallingwater to rise above the waterfall over which it is built. Fallingwater was built
by local craftsman from Fayette County.

In 1963, Edgar Kaufmann jr. donated and entrusted Fallingwater  and the surrounding 469 acres of
natural land to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. It was designated a UNESCO World
Heritage Site, along with seven other Wright-designed buildings, on July 10, 2019. In addition,
Fallingwater is designated as a National Historic Landmark and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Treasure, and named the “best all-time work of American architecture” in a poll of members of the
American Institute of Architects. Since its debut more than 80 years ago, more than five million
visitors have toured and experienced Fallingwater. Travel+Leisure Magazine stated that Fallingwater
is "one of the 12 landmarks that will change the way you see the world."

Frank Lloyd Wright decided, than, to design the foundation on the principals of a

diving board.

Part of the foundation had to be cantilevered over the waterfall. He used this
method four times in the foundation of Fallingwater, making the house a solid
uniform creation in harmony with its surroundings.

They seem to float by magic over the rocks and the stream

Wright designed an extraordinary house known as Fallingwater that redefined the relationship
between man, architecture, and nature. Wright designed Fallingwater to rise above the waterfall over
which it is built. 

The house was designed as a private residence and weekend home for the family of Pittsburgh
department store owner, Edgar J. Kaufmann and family. Whom he developed a friendship with
through their son who was studying at Wright's school, the Taliesin Fellowship.

Wright designed it in 1935, at his professional nadir, as a mountain retreat for

Pittsburgh retail mogul Edgar J. Kaufmann, who wanted a home near the waterfalls of
Bear Run. Wright took that notion to its extreme. "I want you to live with the waterfall,"
he is said to have told Kaufmann, "not just to look at it." Cantilevered concrete terraces
hover some 30 feet above the falls. The incessant sound of rushing water permeates the
home, yet never overwhelms. A boulder juts through the living room and doubles as a
hearth. Low ceilings direct attention outside. During a visit to the house a couple of
years ago, I was struck by Wright's vanishing windows, which open outward from wall
corners, leaving no panes to obstruct the wilderness view.