Approaching Fallingwater

Here is the classical, more distant view.

Good one Marilyn, I remmebr this house so well, I just loved it when you posted theother view, remember that?

The other ones gives us a better idea of the surroundings of the house and also of the water job did on it, this one gives the detail and how close to the forrest the house is. Tha balcony is really amazing...isit for sell? :)

Cheers, Alex

Thanks, Alex. In 2002, the house reopened for public viewing after an $11.5 million restoration, so even if the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy were willing to sell, I don't think that many of us would be ready to submit an offer!

The balcony was a significant part of the problem. When Wright designed the house, the engineering didn't exist to build it in a way that wouldn't start to sag!

Cheers, Marilyn

WOW...that is something like €7.9 million....That is a huge amount of money...

Cheers, Alex

Hi Marilyn. Visiting Fallingwater is a real treat, and having been there myself I especially enjoy this shot which teases us with a view of people on the inside. Frank Lloyd Wright also designed all the furniture inside for the Kaufmann family, his patrons on this job, and I remember being struck by how modern it appeared even though it was designed 70 years ago.

Oh my, beautiful. Frank Lloyd Wright and his work are national treasures. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Rich

Thanks, Hank and Richard. We are so fortunate that the restoration was done before it was too late! We are also fortunate that the furnishings are there--still modern-looking as you said, Hank, and wonderfully integrated with the building design (which is, of course, wonderfully integrated with the natural setting).

I grew up in a nondescript two-bedroom bungalow built in the early '30s. In my early teens--through Life magazine, perhaps--I learned about Wright's architecture and was captivated. I remember drawing sketches of Wright-style integrated furniture for our tiny living room. It was a wildly misguided idea! But it shows my love for his work even before I had seen any in person.

Hey, I was there two years ago! Neat place!

Dann.

That's one of the places I would love to visit as well, Marilyn! Thank you for showing us, so that we may see it from this angle as well as the other in your first picture. Both are beautiful shots!

Frank Lloyd Wright and his work are very well known in Europe too. He is considered to be one of the most famous architects and we admire his genius as well. May

Yes, Dann, a really neat place! And May, you would so much enjoy a visit there! It was even more wonderful than I expected. Cheers, Marilyn

Back again Marilyn and all of my fellow Frank Lloyd Wright fans. The Robie House in Chicago was one of the first FLW designs I fell in love with. As a city boy I could relate to the brick construction, but the low angle intrigued me. Another FLW locale I've posted is Taliesin West in the northeast corner of Phoenix.

Frank Lloyd, mi arquitecto favorito. Saludos desde Puerto Rico, isla del encanto.

Marilyn, very nice architecture and lovely moment. greeting-arifngh@

Thank you, arifngh, and greetings from Canada. Marilyn

I just kept clicking for Frank Lloyd-Wright pics on Google Earth and discovered you. Well Done. I am envious. As I said to another afficianado, I would just love to do the F.L-W. tour, starting in New York with the Guggenheim. Gotta hire a RV to do what I wish to do. It is uncanny that, visiting Beaufort, S.Carolina, and Sarasota on Google,my 2 fav places, including Italy, on earth, I came upon F.L-W., photos of such great quality. I have a huge volume of his work, which sparked my interest, especially not realising the Round Museum was his. I thought that I had thought of the idea!! Years before our time. Thank you so much for sharing. Nonnarita UK

I'm glad you found this Nonnarita, and thank you for your comment. Unfortunately I didn't have a digital camera when I visited Taliesin in Wisconsin or the various houses in Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago. I would love to do that FLR tour, too!

I have my husband to thank for the fact that we got to Fallingwater. He figured out careful timing and a strange route home to Ontario, Canada, from near Philadelphia, because he knew I longed to visit this. And it was certainly worth the visit!

Greetings from Canada, Marilyn

Hello Marilyn! Meraviglia delle meraviglie. Sogno ad occhi aperti. Full immersion onthe organic architecture, real dream, dream real. A beautiful fresh photo! Nature, architecture, society, democracy. Grandiosa.