Fallingwater
Fallingwater is the greatest American architecture for a home, as designed by Frank Lloyd Wright at the age of 67. Some thought he was past his prime at that age, but then he delivered his greatest residential work in this home. It is located about an hour-and-fifteen-minute drive southeast of Pittsburgh.
Located in rural Pennsylvania, the home is built into its environment in a manner that captures he sounds and sense of nature around it.[1] It was built with only five materials.[1]
Wright's design of this home was so widely acclaimed that it propelled him to be hired for many more projects, including his subsequent masterpiece of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
“[M]ore than 150,000 people make a pilgrimage to the remote site to see what the American Institute of Architects calls 'the best all-time work of American architecture.' In the late 1990s, some 10,000 individuals and 20 foundations from 50 states contributed to a $4.5 million restoration project spearheaded by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to keep Fallingwater from collapsing.”[1]
