I saw my first picture of Fallingwater when I was 12 years old and fell in love with the house and location instantly. That was 50 years ago, and 2026 is the year that I will visit this masterpiece.
if I had grown up as a child in that house, WHAT an adventure it would be to explore the forest and the stream area under and around the house...as well as the house itself! What a glorious home, one of the most unique and special in all the world. FLW changed the face of architecture forever!
Well I didn't grow up in that house but I grew up in that area. Just up the road from this house is Ohiopyle state park and Wright's other house, Kentuck Knob. I was really lucky to grow up there. The Laurel Highlands overall is a gorgeous area full of waterfalls, forests, hiking trails, mountains, and rolling farmland.
My Great-grandfather was an engineer and he and my grandpa built a house overlooking (but not IN, lol) a creek about 25 miles south of Fallingwater. Not a millionaire's mansion but a very solid house surrounded by many acres of forest. The terrain is just like this. We spent many summers there and it was heaven for a young kid. Giant rocks, moss, waterfalls.... Sadly, the place got away from the family. I would love to have retired there. Muddy Creek near Swallow Falls.
Frank Lloyd Wright was not much of a structural engineer and some of his original designs actually had to be scaled back for engineering and safety reasons. That long outside porch it cost several million dollars to replace all of the post tension concrete cable on it. Falling water is a beautiful work of art and that's how it should be preserved. I would not want to be the owner of this place and have to handle all the maintenance costs. This building while a work of art they would never build something like this again. The heating costs for this building or astronomical. Plus this is a very high maintenance property that requires round-the-clock care. I would love to spend the night here though 😊
I looked this house up on RUclips for my Art Appreciation class! I had no clue it was so close to me! I just might take a road trip one day! Woooooow! ❤❤❤
So glad you have discovered this gem. It is an absolutely incredible place to visit, I hope you are able to someday. Please let us know if you can and what you think of seeing it in person! And thanks for watching!!
Yes, do your road trip. If for nothing else than being an American. Falling Water is a world class national treasure and it's all ours! As well, be sure to take in the Kentuck Knob house that's only about seven miles from Falling Water. Kentuck Knob is another beautiful FLW house with a lovely property that also includes a stunning mountainous river view.
I was reading a book about this and thought I really have to visit and imagined what it must be like. Then this video popped up. I wish they had shown the upstairs.
Kitchen is plain because Wright believed kitchen spaces to be for working. Similar to that of an office or any area where a person may want a clear mind to focus and create. Great tour!! Thank you for this
Of all the wonderful homes and other structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater is my favorite. I could imagine living there as a full-time resident and not just a weekend home. So relaxing to be in that natural setting.
What a blessing for Edgar Jr and his partner Paul to leave this residence to the Conservancy with so much of it in original condition and still filled with their artwork and furnishings. So many of these world treasures have been lost to time.
YES! A tremendously generous gesture. We're lucky there is such a wonderful team of dedicated individuals who are keeping preserved this wonder of the world.
I agree! I wish more people who had owned FLW homes would have thought towards the future and placed their homes in some type of museum state or Foundation to protect them and keep them from being sold and torn down.
I visited Falling Water with my Highschool class. It was breathtaking ‼️The incredible setting, the use of natural stone, and the soothing sound of the stream were just mesmerizing ‼️
A modern marvel for certain! Happy you were able to experience it in person. Glad you found our video and watched, hope it brought back some good memories and positive feelings!!!
This house is so fantastic and unique for sure. I love it. I live in east Texas…since 1983 close to a town that in the 1930’s had more millionaires per capita then any other town in Texas at the time because of the east Texas oil boom. I noticed a house on the left as we were coming into Kilgore. I thought to myself that the house looked so much, to me, like something that Frank Lloyd Wright must have designed. At one time I noticed it was for sale so I called the realtor. I asked if it was a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house. The realtor had to do some quick research but told me that the house had actually been designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s pupils in the 1930’s. Someone did buy the house…the asking price at the time was just under a million dollars. I wish I could have seen the interior. I have several books about Wright’s designs, including Falling Waters, that I bought at a library sale. Thank you so much for posting this video. Such an amazing house. Nancy Curtis…deep in the pine tree forests of oil rich east Texas.
You must have a wonderful eye for architecture to notice FLW influence in the wild! Haha. We're spoiled here in Western PA with 3 local FLW buildings and even a few more from his pupils. I hope you get to visit Fallingwater someday, and if/when you do, add Kentuck Knob to the itinerary as it's only a few miles away. Thanks for watching Nancy!!!
Thanks for this awesome history. I have this building on my whatsapp profile for many months until i saw this video. Not realizing the awesome history oand design by the owners. I luv it so much..
When I was a university student in Pittsburgh I would shop in Kaufman's Department Store all the time. So one of the pebbles on the driveway of Falling Waters is thanks to me.
what a beautiful place its simple and full of life , one of the most beautiful project of frank Lloyd's work ,, he always inspiring me since i was kid . The guide personality matches with the place
Like most people I suppose, I've appreciated Falling Water based on the limited images and descriptions found in books and magazines, all of which seem to show the same few angles of the house and property. This tour has exceeded all of those and in every way. This was so well done, such an intimate, casual, and fun look around I almost feel as if I had been there myself. Thank you both, you've served Falling Water well. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that Falling Water herself was having a good time of it.
This is so wonderful to hear. Thank you for sharing these kind words. This episode was definitely a labor of love, and I'm very pleased it connected with you in that way.
Absolutely love this house. Had the pleasure of visiting it in July 2023. Pictures and video don't do it justice. It really is an incredible work of art.
Never having visited Falling Water, most of what I learned about it was from library books. However, having watched this video I learned something I never knew, that being, there are actually two waterfalls at the site beneath the house.
@ArmstrongNeighborhoodChannel Thank you, aren't you nice. I fully intend to visit; I've wanted to for years now. I think I'll call in April and find out if trees are budding and that sort of thing.
@discerningmind Yes, this area is amazing in the spring and summer. (And autumn is especially amazing with the leaves changing.) Check out our friends at GO Laurel Highlands for more ideas of places to visit while you're here. We also have two other shows on our channel that spotlight some of those places, check out "Bikes & Hikes" and "GO Laurel Highlands Adventure Series" to see if anything catches your eye.
Awesome tour. I'm from Wisconsin and have toured Taliesin and it was pretty much everything i wanted it to be. No matter where you looked something caught your eye, it was almost manic, but calming at the same time because everything fit so well with what was around it. Falling water is definitely a bucket list destination (along with the civil war museum and 100 other cool things Pennsylvania has to offer).
We were bummed too! Haha. Definitely worth a trip out to see them though. Personally, I've (me, Dave the producer) have been there several times and done the full tour of the whole house and the guest house. Thanks for watching, and let us know if you end up seeing it someday!
I love that place. I did not want to leave once I was there and toured it. And I’d like to go back again. I didn’t see the pool down underneath the stairs because I was part of the public and we weren’t allowed to go down there but I did see the pool up on the hill which was pretty neat, springfed swimming pool on the hill for guests and or staff.
This is a breathtaking home . My husband was going to bring me to visit the house in 2020, however , of course the pandemic struck and we couldnt travel to America from UK. VERY disappointed as this was to be my 60th Birthday present from him . We BOTH adore FLW architecture ,but THIS building is the ultimate of his buildings (imo) I am thrilled to sit and watch and learn about the history and heritage and we DO hope we will get to visit it in the next 5 years or so.
The exposed boulder that forms the hearth of the fireplace is part of the boulder that the Kaufmans used to sunbathe on near the waterfall prior to the house being built.
Yes! Kauffman told Wright that that Boulder was the one that they like to sit on to view the waterfall. Which is the reason it was incorporated into the house.
I read that Wright ask Mr Kaufman when he came down to the river where did he like to sit or stand to view the falls? Mr Kaufman responded, "I usually sit on that rock over there", referring to the boulder that you see now coming through the floor in front of the hearth. Which is one of the reasons Fallingwaters was designed the way that it was - rather like most people would, build it on the side of the mountain, it's built (in, on, over) the waterfall.
I have a dream 1 or 2 times a year for so long now. It's this house and i live in it but it overhangs a roaring river near where i live on the west coast. I can not remember what happens but when i wake i feel unsettled. I love this house and am a fan of Rights buildings and homes as well as the artwork in stained-glass and other media. Just a beautiful home. Someday i hope i figure out my recurring dream involving this house.
I live on Maui and have attended awsome New Years' Eve Parties at What was Anonimously Designed by Frank Loyd Wright for Marylin Monroe---I would like to see a full episode by your consortium on His Design Called The Grand Waikapu---it is simply beyond --- Beyond.
I really wanted to go check out falling water and take the tour, but knowing now that you can't check out "the hatch", which is to me is the coolest part of it, kinda makes me not want to. That's a bummer. But this is a great video! Thanks for the tour!
Vraag mij af hoelang de bouw ervan was ,😂 maar misschien ,de waterval betracht is elektriciteit gratis op te wekken ,maar ik denk hoevaak moet ik naar het toilet met al dat gekletter van water ,waarschijnlijk HEEL VAAK 😮) maar inderdaad echt een kunstwerk op zich ,zeker ook het park / bos wat een gezicht met al die Rododendrons als die in bloei staan ,ja een museum op zich, zou wel wat zonlicht missen ,vraag mij hoe vochtig het daar is want een waterval geeft ook veel nevel ,maar alles is echt schitterend aangelegd 👍
The rest of the tour is incredible too. The guest house, the bedrooms, the pool, the garage, all of it is awesome. We're so so thankful we were able to see and record what they were willing to share with us. Normal tours don't allow photos inside at all. And, of course, they were wise to leave some mystery there so people will need to come to take the whole tour themselves. Haha. Hope you get a chance to visit it someday!
Truly, I enjoy so much of F.L.W. work, but somehow I can't get over the fact that he built the house on the actual stone out crop where the family picniced for years. Well, now that our favorite spot is ruined, where will we go?
I visited this house several years ago and saw that the society for the preservation of thisso called marvelous house had to spend thousands of dollars to deal with the sagging floor!?
Amazing to think it was designed and built in the 30's. Visited it recently. So cool. But I would agree with Edgar Sr. Kauffman, I'd rather have view of the waterfall than built over it where it is not visible from the house, besides from one end of one terrace. The bedrooms are quite small. FLW said that large bedrooms make one feel insignificant. I've never known one to feel that way, but ok. And there are some more "interesting" aspects of the house and the Kauffman's that isn't mentioned in the tour (understandable that they want to keep the focus on the architecture). But Edgar and Liliane had separate bedrooms. Kinda odd. Actually, they were first cousins. Not married out of romantic love, but to protect his money and business while Edgar Sr. getting the socially acceptable appearance of having a family. They did have one child, Edgar Jr., never married but had a partner. Edgar Sr. had a mistress throughout his marriage, his secretary. Liliane committed suicide in the house, taking a large quantity of barbiturates (sleeping pills) and alcohol one day. The legacy of this house is Edgar Jr. giving it to the conservatory, so very selfless.
I don't know the exact name of it, but it's a big soup kettle pot type thing that can swing out over the fire to cook right there on the fireplace. It's been a while since I've taken an actual tour, but I know they talk about it during the tour and I've seen it pulled out over too. Kauffmans used it for soups and stews and even hot beverages if I'm not mistaken. (At least I know that's what I'd use it for! Haha.)
You are constantly repeating to appreciate the house you have to come here and see it. It's like you don't want to give much information about the house because you lead people to believe that you will tell them when they come. I wanted to see the house and it was nice to look in but compared to other podcasts on Wright's homes I learned very little from this tour.
The house & the surroundings are marvelous! These two tour guides ... not so much. I've had the privilege of visiting Fallong Water twice. The 1st time was sometime in the early 2000s. The male tour guide was considerably better than the ones giving this tour.
Yes, this episode is not a sample of the tour one would receive when visiting. Neither persons on this episode are daily tour guides. Marilyn is the host of this show and is being shown around the grounds, Ashley is the Senior Director and Curator of Education and was very kind to give us this tour on a day the facility was closed to the public. You are fortunate to have been there, it is a magical place.
@ 6:45 Notice The Guy Taking a Shower In The Waterfall Up On The Cliff Behind The Ladies!??😂💯 ....And at, 7:47 ....She States, "We're The Only Ones Here" Is That Guy On The Cliff a Ghost!??
Wish it was ghosts! THAT would have been awesome. Haha. Wasn't a person taking a bath, it was one of the employees doing some light landscaping. Even though they were closed for the day to customers, the workers and volunteers were still around. At the time of the tour, there weren't any other people inside the house.
I am very frustrated with this tour. I am handicapped. So I could never come there and actually get in the house. I am going to try and be respectful, but what you showed us did not make me want to go visit. I mean the exterior of the house and the exterior parts are very very beautiful. Being Frank Lloyd wright I would have hoped that he would have carried some of that beauty inside. I don't mean windows so that you can see the outside. I'm into architecture more than I am into the outdoors but the outdoors on this house are extremely unique and original and beautiful. Usually I don't find the outdoors to be very unique or beautiful. It all looks pretty much the same. Not true here. But my frustration is that this is by far the most boring Frank Lloyd house I have ever seen. I don't do open concept homes. I like for my imagination to be tantalized. I want to know what it looks like around every corner and I want every corner to look different. This is true outside the house but to only show us an open concept room does not tantalize any desire to see more. I understand why the kitchen was boring but it was absolutely atrociously boring. And to walk into one great big room that has no interesting twist or turns or alcoves. Nothing to tantalize the imagination. It's all right there in your face and it's all nothing but one great big Square room. I know that's the wave of today, but if I were rich, it wouldn't be the direction I would go. 😭. I want to see the rest of the house but I couldn't if I went to visit. So I'm very disappointed that the only thing that was shown to us was a room that isn't too dissimilar from most of the new homes being put out there on the market. You just walk in, and that's it. You're done seeing everything. Even from a little child, I wanted to explore houses. I wanted to see what was around the other corner and I wanted to see something fantastical. Being Frank Lloyd wright I was really hoping to see just that. But instead I saw the same old same old design that we're seeing in too many houses where you walk through the door and you see the kitchen living room and dining room all in one and any idea of seeing anything interesting is especially since it's not even interesting with alcoves in areas that are obscured. It's just all right there in all it's bland glory
The house is not in any way "bland"; it is one of the most celebrated private homes in the world, and is the best embodiment of Wright's "organic architecture" in his portfolio. The kitchen is a functional space that is deliberately designed to be worked in, and it's still plenty interesting when you're in the space. You suggest that you understand what Wright was saying here, and yet you seem to ignore a lot of the subtleties that make the space magical. The "open plan" used in this house was designed to create a very specific connection to the outside, without structures that needlessly block the view. This isn't intended to be an exhaustive tour of the house; it's a "freebee" thrown out by the Conservancy to generate a few more in-person visits. Can't help but detect an undercurrent of bitterness in your comment; the house is a place of joy, with new wonder in every turn.
I saw my first picture of Fallingwater when I was 12 years old and fell in love with the house and location instantly. That was 50 years ago, and 2026 is the year that I will visit this masterpiece.
Absolutely amazing! Great video. You were totally blessed to have a private tour. Thank you for letting us join you via RUclips.
Appreciate your kind words! Thank you for watching!
This is one of the greatest houses on earth. A must-see.
The reason the “kitchen” looks plain is because he didn’t call them kitchens. He called them workrooms. They were simple and very functional
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I used to volunteer at Fallingwater years ago. Great video and the sound quality is excellent.
I absolutely love how you slide back the glass and walk down to the water to take a plunge into the cold water.
if I had grown up as a child in that house, WHAT an adventure it would be to explore the forest and the stream area under and around the house...as well as the house itself! What a glorious home, one of the most unique and special in all the world. FLW changed the face of architecture forever!
It's a tremendous work of art. Would have loved to have been able to stay there. Too late to make it an Air B&B? Haha.
Well I didn't grow up in that house but I grew up in that area. Just up the road from this house is Ohiopyle state park and Wright's other house, Kentuck Knob. I was really lucky to grow up there. The Laurel Highlands overall is a gorgeous area full of waterfalls, forests, hiking trails, mountains, and rolling farmland.
My Great-grandfather was an engineer and he and my grandpa built a house overlooking (but not IN, lol) a creek about 25 miles south of Fallingwater. Not a millionaire's mansion but a very solid house surrounded by many acres of forest. The terrain is just like this. We spent many summers there and it was heaven for a young kid. Giant rocks, moss, waterfalls.... Sadly, the place got away from the family. I would love to have retired there. Muddy Creek near Swallow Falls.
Frank Lloyd Wright was not much of a structural engineer and some of his original designs actually had to be scaled back for engineering and safety reasons. That long outside porch it cost several million dollars to replace all of the post tension concrete cable on it. Falling water is a beautiful work of art and that's how it should be preserved. I would not want to be the owner of this place and have to handle all the maintenance costs. This building while a work of art they would never build something like this again. The heating costs for this building or astronomical. Plus this is a very high maintenance property that requires round-the-clock care. I would love to spend the night here though 😊
A TRULY MAGNIFICENT HOUSE AND PLACE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY. ABSOLUTE HEAVEN.
Falling Water has got to be my favorite Frank Lloyd Wright design. 🙂🇨🇦
I looked this house up on RUclips for my Art Appreciation class! I had no clue it was so close to me! I just might take a road trip one day! Woooooow! ❤❤❤
So glad you have discovered this gem. It is an absolutely incredible place to visit, I hope you are able to someday. Please let us know if you can and what you think of seeing it in person! And thanks for watching!!
Yes, do your road trip. If for nothing else than being an American. Falling Water is a world class national treasure and it's all ours! As well, be sure to take in the Kentuck Knob house that's only about seven miles from Falling Water. Kentuck Knob is another beautiful FLW house with a lovely property that also includes a stunning mountainous river view.
I was reading a book about this and thought I really have to visit and imagined what it must be like. Then this video popped up. I wish they had shown the upstairs.
Kitchen is plain because Wright believed kitchen spaces to be for working. Similar to that of an office or any area where a person may want a clear mind to focus and create. Great tour!! Thank you for this
I went there when I was 10 yrs old. I still love it and cannot wait to go back!!
Of all the wonderful homes and other structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater is my favorite. I could imagine living there as a full-time resident and not just a weekend home. So relaxing to be in that natural setting.
There's a fantastic feeling in the air there, the water rushing while being surrounded by the beautiful nature. Truly a magical place.
BEAUTIFUL and AWESOME!!!!
What a blessing for Edgar Jr and his partner Paul to leave this residence to the Conservancy with so much of it in original condition and still filled with their artwork and furnishings. So many of these world treasures have been lost to time.
YES! A tremendously generous gesture. We're lucky there is such a wonderful team of dedicated individuals who are keeping preserved this wonder of the world.
I agree! I wish more people who had owned FLW homes would have thought towards the future and placed their homes in some type of museum state or Foundation to protect them and keep them from being sold and torn down.
The impact that FLW's designing has on us, is profound. I am so happy that Falling Water is public space.
Such an enormous contribution by Edgar Jr to donate it so we all can enjoy it.
Both of you ladies are beautiful and rays of sunshine. Thanks for sharing this American classic with all of us. ❤
I visited Falling Water with my Highschool class. It was breathtaking ‼️The incredible setting, the use of natural stone, and the soothing sound of the stream were just mesmerizing ‼️
A modern marvel for certain! Happy you were able to experience it in person. Glad you found our video and watched, hope it brought back some good memories and positive feelings!!!
Thank you so much for this admirable addition to the Fallingwater Archive...dgp/uk
Thank you!
What a lovely guide!
Wright was so gifted. Amazing.
Same here love the dream house the guide is so innocent 😊
I adore this home
My god, it is breathtaking. If I owned that home, I would never leave it.
A piece of Heaven ❤️
It’s beautiful!
The guide is adorable.
Wow, thank you, this is the first time I have a seen a video (not pictures) of the inside.
This house is so fantastic and unique for sure. I love it. I live in east Texas…since 1983 close to a town that in the 1930’s had more millionaires per capita then any other town in Texas at the time because of the east Texas oil boom. I noticed a house on the left as we were coming into Kilgore. I thought to myself that the house looked so much, to me, like something that Frank Lloyd Wright must have designed. At one time I noticed it was for sale so I called the realtor. I asked if it was a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house. The realtor had to do some quick research but told me that the house had actually been designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s pupils in the 1930’s. Someone did buy the house…the asking price at the time was just under a million dollars. I wish I could have seen the interior. I have several books about Wright’s designs, including Falling Waters, that I bought at a library sale. Thank you so much for posting this video. Such an amazing house. Nancy Curtis…deep in the pine tree forests of oil rich east Texas.
You must have a wonderful eye for architecture to notice FLW influence in the wild! Haha. We're spoiled here in Western PA with 3 local FLW buildings and even a few more from his pupils. I hope you get to visit Fallingwater someday, and if/when you do, add Kentuck Knob to the itinerary as it's only a few miles away. Thanks for watching Nancy!!!
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL house in the world!!!! ❤❤❤
Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for watching!
This video was delightful
This was the best tour of the house ive ever seen thanks for sharing
Great Tour!! thank you
Best tour ever, thank you
Thank you so much!
I was at and inside Falling Water in the 1985 season and have always been amazed by it. Marvelous place.
great video, I think I had almost as much fun watching it as y'all seem to have had making it.
Thanks for this awesome history. I have this building on my whatsapp profile for many months until i saw this video. Not realizing the awesome history oand design by the owners. I luv it so much..
so special, thank you
Just spectacular! Thank you very much.
Thank you so much!!!!!! That was fantastic 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for watching. It was incredible to make this episode happen, we're so happy to share it.
When I was a university student in Pittsburgh I would shop in Kaufman's Department Store all the time. So one of the pebbles on the driveway of Falling Waters is thanks to me.
LOL. Thank you for your contribution!
Great job of preserving this beautiful masterpiece.
A great tour. I am so happy to have visited it myself. A setting to die for, a stunning masterpiece.
I would love to come in the Spring when the rhododendrons are blooming.
I was thinking that too when I saw all those beautiful rhododendron bushes!
Excellent presentation not normally seen in other videos.
I would never ever leave the driveway again ❤
Gorgeous ❤ 😮
I would dam the creek and fill it with trout and stay in the creek water 😊
what a beautiful place its simple and full of life , one of the most beautiful project of frank Lloyd's work ,, he always inspiring me since i was kid . The guide personality matches with the place
This is absolutely stunning! Thank you🙏
Happy you found us! Thanks for watching!
i only see the exterior of this house in my college days when i studied architecture...now i see the inside
Like most people I suppose, I've appreciated Falling Water based on the limited images and descriptions found in books and magazines, all of which seem to show the same few angles of the house and property. This tour has exceeded all of those and in every way. This was so well done, such an intimate, casual, and fun look around I almost feel as if I had been there myself. Thank you both, you've served Falling Water well. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that Falling Water herself was having a good time of it.
This is so wonderful to hear. Thank you for sharing these kind words. This episode was definitely a labor of love, and I'm very pleased it connected with you in that way.
Absolutely love this house. Had the pleasure of visiting it in July 2023. Pictures and video don't do it justice. It really is an incredible work of art.
So glad you were able to go there! You're right, nothing can compare to the magic of being there in person. Thanks for watching!
In awe. ❤ TY for sharing
Edgar Kaufmann commissioned two of the most iconic homes by two of the most revered architects of their time in the US.
Never having visited Falling Water, most of what I learned about it was from library books. However, having watched this video I learned something I never knew, that being, there are actually two waterfalls at the site beneath the house.
Thank you for watching! I hope you do get a chance to visit someday, it's a magical place. Glad you found our videos though.
@ArmstrongNeighborhoodChannel Thank you, aren't you nice. I fully intend to visit; I've wanted to for years now. I think I'll call in April and find out if trees are budding and that sort of thing.
@discerningmind Yes, this area is amazing in the spring and summer. (And autumn is especially amazing with the leaves changing.) Check out our friends at GO Laurel Highlands for more ideas of places to visit while you're here. We also have two other shows on our channel that spotlight some of those places, check out "Bikes & Hikes" and "GO Laurel Highlands Adventure Series" to see if anything catches your eye.
Una presentación muy simpática y amena de esta obra de arte
i had hoped they show more of the house interior. But nice anyway. Great architecture
Wonderful
Great video! Good job!
Thank you so much!
Awesome tour. I'm from Wisconsin and have toured Taliesin and it was pretty much everything i wanted it to be. No matter where you looked something caught your eye, it was almost manic, but calming at the same time because everything fit so well with what was around it. Falling water is definitely a bucket list destination (along with the civil war museum and 100 other cool things Pennsylvania has to offer).
If you make it to the area, FLW's "Kentuck Knob" is nearby as well. Be sure to add it to your itinerary along with Ohiopyle and the GAP Trail.
very nice. Thanks. Unfortunately, we could not see the other rooms (e.g., the bedrooms)
We were bummed too! Haha. Definitely worth a trip out to see them though. Personally, I've (me, Dave the producer) have been there several times and done the full tour of the whole house and the guest house. Thanks for watching, and let us know if you end up seeing it someday!
I visited in 2022. It's magnificent.
I love that place. I did not want to leave once I was there and toured it. And I’d like to go back again. I didn’t see the pool down underneath the stairs because I was part of the public and we weren’t allowed to go down there but I did see the pool up on the hill which was pretty neat, springfed swimming pool on the hill for guests and or staff.
I feel the same way, not wanting to leave! Haha.
I hope I can have a chance to visit the Falling Water house......
This video was so sweet. 💕
That's unique.
That’s really awesome!🎆
In love❤..
Just WOW!
This is a breathtaking home . My husband was going to bring me to visit the house in 2020, however , of course the pandemic struck and we couldnt travel to America from UK. VERY disappointed as this was to be my 60th Birthday present from him . We BOTH adore FLW architecture ,but THIS building is the ultimate of his buildings (imo) I am thrilled to sit and watch and learn about the history and heritage and we DO hope we will get to visit it in the next 5 years or so.
@rubberdc Glad our sneak peak can hold you over until your trip!!
The exposed boulder that forms the hearth of the fireplace is part of the boulder that the Kaufmans used to sunbathe on near the waterfall prior to the house being built.
Yes! Kauffman told Wright that that Boulder was the one that they like to sit on to view the waterfall. Which is the reason it was incorporated into the house.
@terrynb1922 Kaufman had no idea Wright was going to locate the house on top of the falls.
I read that Wright ask Mr Kaufman when he came down to the river where did he like to sit or stand to view the falls? Mr Kaufman responded, "I usually sit on that rock over there", referring to the boulder that you see now coming through the floor in front of the hearth. Which is one of the reasons Fallingwaters was designed the way that it was - rather like most people would, build it on the side of the mountain, it's built (in, on, over) the waterfall.
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I have a dream 1 or 2 times a year for so long now. It's this house and i live in it but it overhangs a roaring river near where i live on the west coast. I can not remember what happens but when i wake i feel unsettled. I love this house and am a fan of Rights buildings and homes as well as the artwork in stained-glass and other media. Just a beautiful home. Someday i hope i figure out my recurring dream involving this house.
I live on Maui and have attended awsome New Years' Eve Parties at What was Anonimously Designed by Frank Loyd Wright for Marylin Monroe---I would like to see a full episode by your consortium on His Design Called The Grand Waikapu---it is simply beyond --- Beyond.
I wish the lady visiting hadn’t rushed the video.
signature FLW simpe kitchen by design
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I really wanted to go check out falling water and take the tour, but knowing now that you can't check out "the hatch", which is to me is the coolest part of it, kinda makes me not want to. That's a bummer. But this is a great video! Thanks for the tour!
Yeah Absolutely.
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Vraag mij af hoelang de bouw ervan was ,😂 maar misschien ,de waterval betracht is elektriciteit gratis op te wekken ,maar ik denk hoevaak moet ik naar het toilet met al dat gekletter van water ,waarschijnlijk HEEL VAAK 😮) maar inderdaad echt een kunstwerk op zich ,zeker ook het park / bos wat een gezicht met al die Rododendrons als die in bloei staan ,ja een museum op zich, zou wel wat zonlicht missen ,vraag mij hoe vochtig het daar is want een waterval geeft ook veel nevel ,maar alles is echt schitterend aangelegd 👍
Wish they had shown the guest house
The rest of the tour is incredible too. The guest house, the bedrooms, the pool, the garage, all of it is awesome. We're so so thankful we were able to see and record what they were willing to share with us. Normal tours don't allow photos inside at all. And, of course, they were wise to leave some mystery there so people will need to come to take the whole tour themselves. Haha. Hope you get a chance to visit it someday!
Are there other similar houses based on this design?
IMO kitchen isn’t plain. It’s in falling water. Nothing there is plain
Truly, I enjoy so much of F.L.W. work, but somehow I can't get over the fact that he built the house on the actual stone out crop where the family picniced for years. Well, now that our favorite spot is ruined, where will we go?
I visited this house several years ago and saw that the society for the preservation of thisso called marvelous house had to spend thousands of dollars to deal with the sagging floor!?
It's Beautiful, but a shame it's not lived in by me 😂
Amazing to think it was designed and built in the 30's. Visited it recently. So cool. But I would agree with Edgar Sr. Kauffman, I'd rather have view of the waterfall than built over it where it is not visible from the house, besides from one end of one terrace. The bedrooms are quite small. FLW said that large bedrooms make one feel insignificant. I've never known one to feel that way, but ok. And there are some more "interesting" aspects of the house and the Kauffman's that isn't mentioned in the tour (understandable that they want to keep the focus on the architecture). But Edgar and Liliane had separate bedrooms. Kinda odd. Actually, they were first cousins. Not married out of romantic love, but to protect his money and business while Edgar Sr. getting the socially acceptable appearance of having a family. They did have one child, Edgar Jr., never married but had a partner. Edgar Sr. had a mistress throughout his marriage, his secretary. Liliane committed suicide in the house, taking a large quantity of barbiturates (sleeping pills) and alcohol one day. The legacy of this house is Edgar Jr. giving it to the conservatory, so very selfless.
Wow, great information! Thanks 😊
Et en français?
What is the red object left of the fireplace ?
I don't know the exact name of it, but it's a big soup kettle pot type thing that can swing out over the fire to cook right there on the fireplace. It's been a while since I've taken an actual tour, but I know they talk about it during the tour and I've seen it pulled out over too. Kauffmans used it for soups and stews and even hot beverages if I'm not mistaken. (At least I know that's what I'd use it for! Haha.)
Where's the cat area?
You are constantly repeating to appreciate the house you have to come here and see it. It's like you don't want to give much information about the house because you lead people to believe that you will tell them when they come. I wanted to see the house and it was nice to look in but compared to other podcasts on Wright's homes I learned very little from this tour.
I'd rather live in a pole building with motorcycles
Wtf is that figure on the cliff doing 😮 6:47
There was a grounds crew on the site that day, working on the exterior and surroundings.
How many bedrooms is in here?🧐
I think 3.
I thought she said 4 in the main house
The house & the surroundings are marvelous! These two tour guides ... not so much. I've had the privilege of visiting Fallong Water twice. The 1st time was sometime in the early 2000s. The male tour guide was considerably better than the ones giving this tour.
Yes, this episode is not a sample of the tour one would receive when visiting. Neither persons on this episode are daily tour guides. Marilyn is the host of this show and is being shown around the grounds, Ashley is the Senior Director and Curator of Education and was very kind to give us this tour on a day the facility was closed to the public. You are fortunate to have been there, it is a magical place.
@ 6:45 Notice The Guy Taking a Shower In The Waterfall Up On The Cliff Behind The Ladies!??😂💯
....And at, 7:47 ....She States, "We're The Only Ones Here" Is That Guy On The Cliff a Ghost!??
Wish it was ghosts! THAT would have been awesome. Haha. Wasn't a person taking a bath, it was one of the employees doing some light landscaping. Even though they were closed for the day to customers, the workers and volunteers were still around. At the time of the tour, there weren't any other people inside the house.
@ArmstrongNeighborhoodChannel ....Hay, Fun Tour Tho., Thank!😂
I am very frustrated with this tour. I am handicapped. So I could never come there and actually get in the house.
I am going to try and be respectful, but what you showed us did not make me want to go visit. I mean the exterior of the house and the exterior parts are very very beautiful. Being Frank Lloyd wright I would have hoped that he would have carried some of that beauty inside. I don't mean windows so that you can see the outside. I'm into architecture more than I am into the outdoors but the outdoors on this house are extremely unique and original and beautiful. Usually I don't find the outdoors to be very unique or beautiful. It all looks pretty much the same. Not true here.
But my frustration is that this is by far the most boring Frank Lloyd house I have ever seen. I don't do open concept homes.
I like for my imagination to be tantalized. I want to know what it looks like around every corner and I want every corner to look different. This is true outside the house but to only show us an open concept room does not tantalize any desire to see more. I understand why the kitchen was boring but it was absolutely atrociously boring. And to walk into one great big room that has no interesting twist or turns or alcoves. Nothing to tantalize the imagination. It's all right there in your face and it's all nothing but one great big Square room. I know that's the wave of today, but if I were rich, it wouldn't be the direction I would go. 😭. I want to see the rest of the house but I couldn't if I went to visit. So I'm very disappointed that the only thing that was shown to us was a room that isn't too dissimilar from most of the new homes being put out there on the market. You just walk in, and that's it. You're done seeing everything. Even from a little child, I wanted to explore houses. I wanted to see what was around the other corner and I wanted to see something fantastical. Being Frank Lloyd wright I was really hoping to see just that. But instead I saw the same old same old design that we're seeing in too many houses where you walk through the door and you see the kitchen living room and dining room all in one and any idea of seeing anything interesting is especially since it's not even interesting with alcoves in areas that are obscured. It's just all right there in all it's bland glory
The house is not in any way "bland"; it is one of the most celebrated private homes in the world, and is the best embodiment of Wright's "organic architecture" in his portfolio. The kitchen is a functional space that is deliberately designed to be worked in, and it's still plenty interesting when you're in the space. You suggest that you understand what Wright was saying here, and yet you seem to ignore a lot of the subtleties that make the space magical. The "open plan" used in this house was designed to create a very specific connection to the outside, without structures that needlessly block the view. This isn't intended to be an exhaustive tour of the house; it's a "freebee" thrown out by the Conservancy to generate a few more in-person visits. Can't help but detect an undercurrent of bitterness in your comment; the house is a place of joy, with new wonder in every turn.
Holy crap you are bad at this...