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Fallingwater, Pittsburgh

Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally recognized as one of the leading modern architects of his day, is best known for creating a new form of American housing, the prairie house, as well as the award-winning single family home, Fallingwater.

Frank Lloyd Wright is commissioned by the wealthy Pittsburgh businessman Edgar Kaufman Sr to build a weekend home in the rural Bear Run area near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Kaufman requested a simple structure overlooking the waterfall and its attendant cabins.   Continue reading Fallingwater, Pittsburgh