Fallingwater was a weekend house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 and completed in 1937. It was built over a waterfall near Mill Run, Pennsylvania for the Kaufmann family. The main house uses 9,300 square feet of space, with 4,400 square feet consisting of outdoor terraces. Frank Lloyd Wright limited the color palette to light ochre concrete and signature Cherokee red steel. Fallingwater opened as a museum in 1964 and is now preserved by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, receiving over 181,000 visitors in 2016.

1. FALLING WATER HOUSE
Fallingwater, weekend residence near Mill Run,
southwestern Pennsylvania, that was designed
by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for
the Kaufmann family in 1935 and completed in
1937.
The residence opened as a museum in 1964.
The main house uses 9,300 square feet of which
4,400 is outdoor terraces,
while the guest house totals 990 square feet of
which 1,950 square feet is outdoor terraces.
BY – Frank Llyod Wright

2. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)
 Significant Buildings
 Robie House
 Falling Water
 Johnson Wax Building
 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
 Significant Projects
 Florida Southern College

3. Wright's desire to create a unified and organic
composition limited the color palette at
Fallingwater.
Only two colors were used throughout: a light
ochre for the concrete and his signature Cherokee
red for the steel.
FALLING WATER HOUSE
PPG Paints has worked with Fallingwater to develop eco-
friendly paints that withstand the environmental
challenges of the site.
They have also created a series of colors inspired by the
building and its surroundings.

4. PLAN OF FALLING WATER HOUSE

5. THIRD FLOOR

6. Material, Texture and Colour
The house would hover serenely over the
water. Just uphill in a quarry on the property,
native Pottsville sandstone was available to
compliment the reinforced concrete Wright had
in mind for the cantilevered floors.
For these materials he needed glass, framed to
give pattern and rhythm to the outlook; finally,
the chosen trio of materials called for bright,
warm coloring to offset the deep grays of the
stone and visually inert concrete.

7.  Visitation: Since Fallingwater opened in 1964, over 6.3
million visitors from around the world have toured the
house. In 2016, 181,000 visitors toured the house, the most
on record for a single year.
 Preservation: The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has
preserved Fallingwater since 1963, with a major structural
repair in 2002 strengthening Fallingwater’s cantilevers to
prevent collapse and future deflection.
 Surroundings: Surrounded by the WPC’s 5,100 acre Bear
Run Nature Reserve.
 Final cost: The original estimate for the house was
$35,000. The final total cost of construction was
approximately $148,000 with an additional $11,300 in
architect’s fees.