Fallingwater, constructed by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1935 and 1939, is one of the myths of modern architecture, an icon that has been studied and analyzed many times, because it is unique and destabilizing, provocative and enchanting, irreverent and brilliant. In fact, these adjectives are also often used for the man as well. Seeing this house had been a dream of mine for many years. It had a special place in my imagination and I needed to go there, situated deep in the Pennsylvania woods, to feel “face to face” what this house had brought to life in me, just from a photograph. There is a magnetism in this place that is difficult to understand at first. Of course, the idea of putting a house on a waterfall is particularly judicious and clever. Of course, the dramatic concrete levels cantilevered over the waterfall is extraordinary. Of course, the integration to the site is perfect, delicate and poetic. But all this does not make the real magic of it. To accomplish this innovative architectural solution (we were in the 1930s!), something – for me – surpasses the multiple interpretations that have been written about this place, and this something is the … Continue reading Fallingwater created by Frank Lloyd Wright or the Fury of Living (USA)