F.LL.Wright 1936 Fallingwater Kaufmann House

Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1939, is conceived as an inhabitable extension of its site in rural Pennsylvania. Rather than orienting the house toward the waterfall as a view, the structure is placed directly above it, integrating sound, movement, and geology into daily life. Cantilevered concrete terraces project from a stone core anchored to the existing rock, aligning architecture with the natural topography. Material continuity, layered horizontality, and stru

In archival footage, Frank Lloyd Wright explains the intention behind Fallingwater as an architecture conceived from the site rather than placed upon it. Rather than orienting the house toward the waterfall as a view, Wright positioned the structure directly over it, integrating sound, movement, and geology into daily life. The project rejects separation between building and landscape. Structure, cantilever, and material are deployed to anchor human habitation within the natural system, allowing