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Fallingwater books

Fallingwater Rising : Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House

Fallingwater Rising : Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House Fallingwater Rising is a biography not of a person but of the most famous house of the twentieth century. Scholars and the public have long extolled the house that Frank Lloyd Wright perched over a Pennsylvania waterfall in 1937, but the full story has never been told. When he got the commission to design the house, Wright was nearing seventy, his youth and his early fame long gone. It was the Depression, and Wright had no work in sight. Into his orbit stepped Edgar J. Kaufmann, a Pittsburgh department-store mogul–“the smartest retailer in America”–and a philanthropist with the burning ambition to build a world-famous work of architecture.  "Highly Recommended".

FallingWater - Country HouseFallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House An engaging, intimate, sumptuous appreciation of Wright's 1936 house in Bear Run, Pennsylvania. Kaufmann is the distinguished architectural historian who trained with Wright and is the son of the clients for Fallingwater, the most famous modern house in America. He is able to explain the intentions of architect and client, and writes with both feeling and critical knowledge, having lived in and with the masterpiece all his life. The rich color photographs taken for this book are supported by views taken during construction, family photographs of the house in use, and excellent specially drawn plans of the house as built. "Highly Recommended".

 

FallingWater - Frank's Romance with NatureFallingwater : Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance with Nature - The photographs are the best part of this book. Since you will probably not be one of the 160,000 visitors who come in most years, these images are your way to know the home. Almost all are in color, and are nicely distributed throughout the four seasons. My only complaint is that the book's page size should have been larger to permit a stronger connection between the viewer and these remarkable scenes. If you are like me, you will hear the water as you commune with the images. Through the essay and quotes, Fallingwater curator and administrator Lynda S. Waggoner does a marvelous job of using Fallingwater to also demonstrate the essential concepts of all Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and interior design.  "Highly Recommended".

FallingWater - The ModelFallingwater: The Model  - Fallingwater is one of the great masterpieces of modern architecture. Its model, constructed by Paul Bonfilio in 1984, is a masterpiece of model making and a high point in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In discussing how the model was built, the design of the famous house itself is also analyzed, throwing new light on many intricacies of its complex construction. Anyone who ever found satisfaction in the minutely focused process of assembling a model car or airplane will be completely absorbed by Bonfilio's quest to reproduce with unstinting detail and realism the diverse textures of Wright's masterpiece, from the complex stonework of its inner and outer walls to the dazzling sheen of the waterfall over which the front of the structure so famously perches.  "Highly Recommended".

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (Wright at a Glance Series)

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (Wright at a Glance Series) A small format that nonetheless captures a great spirit. Every page has beautiful, full-color photographs that illustrate the design and decoration of the house in its natural environment. There are also a few construction photos that show development stages. The book also includes several handy time-lines and bullet-point pages, including one of Wright's pre-Fallingwater history, and one highlighting the major aspects of the design considerations. Carla Lind, the author of this text, is also the author of 'The Wright Style' and 'Lost Wright'. She has worked to preserve Wright buildings for several decades, and worked in various foundations and organizations dedicated to maintaining Wright's designs and structures. "Highly Recommended".

FallingWater - The House and it's HistoryFrank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater The: The House and It's History - Latest new edition of a fine account of Wright's most famous house. The book contains a wealth of maps, letters, summaries of interviews with those who worked on the project, drawings, plans, and photographs of the work in progress in black and white. This detail brings the challenges to life in a very real way.. A fine production at a minimal price. The fascinating part of this book that Fallingwater's final effects are the opposite of its creation. The home seems to float above the water, like a mirage. It seems to exude tranquility and peace. Yet, its every stage of movement toward becoming a reality was like a Sumo wrestling match with enormous heavyweight egos and ideas colliding at high speed and with little regard for the impact on the other fellow. "Highly Recommended".

Fallingwater location

Over 2 million people have visited Fallingwater since it opened to the public in 1964. The house is located about 2 hours south east of Pittsburg, halfway between the villages of Mill Run and Ohiopyle on PA Route 381. (From Pittsburgh, take PA Turnpike Exit 9 south. Turn left onto Route 31 East, then right onto Route 381 South. Fallingwater is located midway between Mill Run and Ohiopyle. From Baltimore & Washington, take I-68 Exit 14 onto Route 40 West to Farmington. Turn right onto Route 381 North).