FallingWater
Summary
TLDRThe script offers a detailed tour of the Kaufmann House, also known as Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Nestled over Bear Run, the house features a cantilevered design that harmonizes with the natural landscape. The home's innovative architecture includes a low, cramped entrance that opens into a spacious living area, built-in furniture, and a stairway leading to the stream below. Notable design elements include post-free windows, a skylight for headroom, and a double-acting door. Despite being built in the 1930s, the house retains a modern feel, with the exception of a vintage stove. The script also touches on the challenges of construction, such as waterproofing and installing hardware on metal sash windows. The visit concludes with a look at the guesthouse and garage, emphasizing the home's enduring modernity and the meticulous craftsmanship evident in every detail.
Takeaways
- 🏡 The Kaufmann House is designed to harmonize with its natural surroundings, with the sound of flowing water being a prominent feature throughout the home.
- 🏞️ The house is built on a large bedrock outcropping and cantilevers over the stream, mimicking the rise and fall of the landscape.
- 🌨 The home features ice and snow-covered sheets hanging from it, and the trees around are bare, suggesting a winter or cold climate setting.
- 🚗 The house is located an hour's drive away from Pittsburgh, with a wide bridge and sweeping driveway leading to the entrance.
- 🚪 The entrance to the house is low and cramped, contrasting with the open interior once inside.
- 🔨 The interior design includes built-ins and a large swinging pot above the fireplace, showcasing Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural style.
- 🌳 A stairway and concrete steps lead down to Bowl Run, allowing the Kaufmans to swim in the pools, indicating the house's integration with nature.
- 🛠️ The house features an ingenious skylight that provides headroom and allows the family to live with the waterfall, not just look at it.
- 🛡️ The horizontal roof lines and the eaves are detailed with rainwater runoff and staining, showing the house's interaction with the elements.
- 🔩 The house has metal sash windows and doors, which presented a challenge for installing ordinary hardware like hold opens and multi-point lock sets.
- 🏠 Despite being built in 1935, the house maintains a modern feel, with the exception of the stove, which fits a retro style.
- 🛋️ The house includes a double-acting door separating the kitchen and other areas, with attention to detail in the wooden block used to prevent door damage.
- 🏢 The architect designed nearly every detail of the house, from bed frames to light fixtures, showing a comprehensive design approach.
- 🧱 The guesthouse and garage feature a cantilever roof, continuing the theme of structural innovation against the use of posts.
- 📚 Bookshelves line the sitting area of Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s living room, with cantilever dens adding to the horizontal aesthetic.
- 🛤️ The wooden path leading to the parking area is meticulously constructed, with each board scribed tightly to the stone hillside, reflecting the care in craftsmanship.
Q & A
What is the main feature of the Kauffman house mentioned in the script?
-The main feature of the Kauffman house is its foundation, which rests on a large bedrock outcropping, with the house cantilevered over the stream.
How does the sound of flowing water contribute to the experience of visiting the Kauffman house?
-The sound of flowing water rises as you approach the house and envelops you, being present throughout the home, enhancing the natural and serene environment.
What season is described in the script and how does it affect the appearance of the Kauffman house and its surroundings?
-The script describes winter, with ice choking the stream, sheets of ice and snow hanging from the home, and bare trees surrounding the area.
What unique architectural element allows the Kauffman family to interact closely with the waterfall?
-An ingenious skylight above the stairs provides headroom and allows the Kauffman family to live with the waterfall, not just look at it.
What challenge did the contractor notice regarding the doors and windows of the Kauffman house?
-The contractor noticed that all the doors and windows are metal sash, making it a real challenge to install ordinary hardware like hold opens and multi-point lock sets.
How does the script describe the kitchen of the Kauffman house?
-The script describes the kitchen as having a modern feel, except for the stove, which would fit perfectly in any retro home today.
What construction detail did the contractor critique regarding the wooden block in the kitchen?
-The contractor criticized the wooden block used to stop the double-acting door from hitting the stone, noting that it split the wooden plate covering the hardware.
What is unique about the bookshelves in Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s living room?
-The bookshelves in Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s living room are lined along the sitting area, with cantilevered ends that punctuate the horizontal lines of the room.
What did the contractor note about the guesthouse and garage built by Wright?
-The contractor noted that the guesthouse and garage have a totally cantilevered roof covering the path, supported by posts on only one side, reflecting Wright's statement against traditional order.
How does the script conclude the visit to the Kauffman house?
-The script concludes with a walk back down the driveway under the trellis roof, passing more water dripping down the stone hillside, and a final look at the house from across Bear Run before heading to the parking area.
Outlines
🏡 Visiting the Kaufmann House: Nature's Harmony
The script begins with an approach to the Kaufmann House, a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, along a footpath leading to Bear Run. The sound of flowing water is omnipresent, enhancing the experience. The house is ingeniously built on a bedrock outcropping, with cantilevers that mimic the natural landscape. The entrance is modest, but inside, the home opens up to reveal a large fireplace and built-in features. The house is designed to be both an extension of and a shelter from the outdoors. The architecture is noted for its post-free windows and innovative skylight, providing ample headroom. The home's modern feel is evident, with the exception of a vintage stove, and the attention to detail in every aspect of the design, from furniture to fixtures, is impressive. The script also mentions Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s upstairs living space, which has a distinct bachelor pad vibe with concrete walls and cantilevered spaces.
🌲 Leaving the Iconic Kaufmann House: A Last Glimpse
As the visit to the Kaufmann House concludes, the script describes the departure down the driveway, passing under a trellis roof and observing the water dripping down the stone hillside. The narrator can't help but take a final look at the house from across Bear Run, admiring its timeless architecture. The wooden path back to the parking area is noted for its well-crafted boards, tightly scribed to the stone hillside, adding to the overall harmony between the house and its natural surroundings.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Kauffman Celebrated Home
💡Cantilever
💡Natural Integration
💡Frank Lloyd Wright
💡Waterfall
💡Architectural Details
💡Innovative Design
💡Waterproofing
💡Modern Feel
💡Retro Aesthetic
💡Carpentry and Craftsmanship
Highlights
The Kauffman house is approached via a wide footpath leading to Bear Run, with the sound of flowing water enveloping the visitor.
The house is built on a large bedrock outcropping, cantilevering over the stream and mimicking the surrounding land's natural rise and fall.
Sheets of ice and snow hanging from the home and trees during the visit, creating a stark winter landscape.
The entrance to the house is low and cramped, contrasting with the open interior once inside.
The home integrates with the outdoors while also providing protection from it.
A large swinging pot and built-in furniture are featured in the living room.
A stairway and concrete steps provide access to Bowl Run and swimming pools.
An ingenious skylight design provides headroom and allows the Kaufmans to live with the waterfall.
The horizontal roof lines are emphasized on the porch, with attention to rainwater management and door/window materials.
The house, despite being built in 1935, maintains a modern feel with minimal signs of age.
The kitchen features a double-acting door and retains a modern aesthetic even with a vintage stove.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright's signature post-free window corners are a notable design feature.
Wright's attention to detail is evident in the design of everything from bed frames to light fixtures.
Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s upstairs living space features smart design elements like concrete walls and cantilever dens.
Waterproofing has been a concern, with various products applied since the home's completion in 1936.
The guesthouse and garage showcase Wright's innovative cantilever design and resistance to traditional order.
The wooden path's craftsmanship, with each board scribed tight to the stone hillside, is a testament to the build quality.
Transcripts
we approach the kauffman celebrated home
on a wide foot path leading to bear run
as you approach the house sound of
flowing water rises until it envelops
you that sound is everywhere throughout
the home the foundation rests on a large
bed rock outcropping with the house
cantilever and over the stream and in
every other direction - mimicking the
rise and fall of the surrounding land
and the winner ice chokes the stream
sheets of ice and snow hang from the
home and the trees are all bare Tom
Breuer and I have visited the house and
I really summer after doing a road show
at Allegheny millwork in Pittsburgh only
about an hour's drive away the driveway
crosses a wide bridge sweeps the front
door and even they're watered reaching a
foot bath and a bar of soap but here's
the Kaufman's family camped on the
property along the stream but they
didn't want their kids running through
the house with dirty feet like most of
Wright's homes the entrance is low and
cramped but once inside as if the house
is both part of the outdoors and
protection from the outdoors the home
opens up a large swinging pot decorates
the fireplace in the living room other
than an occasional table built-ins are
everywhere in the center of the living
room a stairway leads down to bowl run
or concrete steps and a stoop allowed
the Kaufman's to swim in the pools over
the stairs an ingenious skylight pushes
back providing Headroom that allows the
Kaufman's to as the right put it live
with the waterfall not just look at it
on the porch is outside the extreme
horizontal roof lines are even more
overwhelming as a contractor I couldn't
help taking a close look especially at
the rain water following the Bono's
eaves and staining the underside of the
concrete softens all of the doors and
windows are metal sash making it a real
challenge to install ordinary Hardware
like hold opens and multi-point lock
sets yes multi-point lock sets now's a
good time to remember that right drew
this home in September 1935 but the
house looks like it was built yesterday
except for the stove even the kitchen
has a modern feel and that stove would
fit perfectly in any retro home today a
double-acting door separates the kitchen
in the house I'd like to get my hands on
the guy who put that wooden block down
there to stop the door from hitting the
stone obviously that block split the
wooden plate covering the hardware
nearly all the other doors are swung on
saw singes I figured everyone would want
to know that these post free window
corners are another signature in the
architect who said he wanted to build
without order without posts without
beams I'm not convinced that Wright
thought of everything the scoops in this
desk and others throughout the home made
me wonder about on-site solutions but
the details and a finish would be
impressive for any high-end home built
today and there aren't many details that
right left a chance from bed frames to
light fixtures he designed everything I
think he had a hand on a paper holders
to Edgar Kaufmann jr. lived upstairs
above the main house and a smart
bachelor pad the bulldoze concrete walls
remind me of a story my cousin told me
about an architect who said that stucco
was waterproof well it's not and neither
is concrete unless it's sealed with a
waterproofing material as any
experienced builder might expect since
1936 when the home was completed a host
of different waterproofing paints and
products have been applied with the
concrete finish of falling water
bookshelves lined the sitting area of
Edgar Kaufmann juniors living room
and their cantilever dens punctuate the
horizontal lines of this room - maybe
it's just me but I thought the
Carpenters could have done a better job
on scribing the shelves - the stone
across the driveway and up the hill
right built a guesthouse in garage a
totally cantilever roof covers the path
to the guest house post support the roof
from only one side probably Wright's
greatest statement against order once
again it's difficult to remember that
this home was designed and built in the
1930s it still looks modern today well
you got my point
leaving the home we walked back down the
driveway under the trellis roof and
passed more water dripping down the
stone hillside I couldn't resist one
last look at the house from across bear
run before heading back on the wooden
path to the parking area you probably
noticed too each board on that path is
scribed nice and tight to the stone
hillside
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