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(50,493 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2025, 12:58 PM Yesterday

A lush tour of Fallingwater - the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture

https://aeon.co/videos/a-lush-tour-of-fallingwater-the-frank-lloyd-wright-design-that-changed-architecture

Inside Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Architectural Genius in Pennsylvania | House Tour

Commissioned as a summer home for a wealthy Pittsburgh department store owner, Fallingwater (1935-38) is often considered Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece. This video by the YouTube channel Open Space takes viewers into the house, which is now a museum, to reveal how and why this distinctive structure, built over a waterfall in a wooded stretch of rural Pennsylvania, embodied Wright’s philosophy of ‘organic architecture’ – and transformed the designs of homes and churches worldwide. Shot on site, the video offers no shortage of lush architectural eye candy, as meditative visuals of the building are paired with thoughtful commentary from Justin Gunther, the director of Fallingwater, on its story and lasting legacy.

Via Open Culture

Director: Mick Aure

Producer: Elias Tebache

Website: Open Space

23 June 2025

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A lush tour of Fallingwater - the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture (Original Post) Celerity Yesterday OP

Nice Find! justaprogressive Yesterday #1

Thank you very much Celerity. I live not too far from Fallingwater It is beautiful. debm55 Yesterday #2

looks bigger here than it is. mopinko Yesterday #3

I visited twice some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #4

Must be a beautiful place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #5

justaprogressive

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1. Nice Find!

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Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:00 PM

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debm55

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2. Thank you very much Celerity. I live not too far from Fallingwater It is beautiful.

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Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:09 PM

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mopinko

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3. looks bigger here than it is.

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Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:57 PM

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it’s truly claustrophobic imho. but then, i hate old frankie.

some_of_us_are_sane

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4. I visited twice

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Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:59 PM

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and it's A MARVEL! Thanks, Celerity for bringing old memories to the fore.

LudwigPastorius

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5. Must be a beautiful place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

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Mon Jun 23, 2025, 03:52 PM

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I've heard that the annual maintenance costs are over a million bucks. Even in that video you can see parts of it that look a little run down...stucco...bleh.

Thanks for posting.

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