Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water" in B&W

The name of the forum is Nature and Architecture, and this photo coincidentally is both. :D


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Your image is nice but that concrete building doesn't suit the environment at all Mike :(

Thanks, Binnur!

The building is made of sandstone that was quarried in the area. It's Wright's most famous residential architecture and in 1991 the American Institute of Architects voted it the best all-time work of American Architecture. I'm ignorant when it comes to appreciating most architecture, but you might be humored to know that according to Wikipedia, "Fallingwater stands as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces both for its dynamism and for its integration with the striking natural surroundings."

I googled the color images of it and saw that the color of the stones that I thought concrete was cream color. The building seems a bit more in harmony with its environment in those color images.

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Originally Posted by Mike Buckley

Thanks, Binnur!

The building is made of sandstone that was quarried in the area. It's Wright's most famous residential architecture and in 1991 the American Institute of Architects voted it the best all-time work of American Architecture. I'm ignorant when it comes to appreciating most architecture, but you might be humored to know that according to Wikipedia, "Fallingwater stands as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces both for its dynamism and for its integration with the striking natural surroundings."

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Agreed, Binnur. The building also appears more in harmony with its surroundings when more of the rock formations in the foreground are included in the scene. Unfortunately, the viewpoint provided for tourists doesn't include those formations because of the angle and the dense vegetation that hides them.

Nice capture.

That is a beautiful structure. I went to undergraduate school close to there and visited it a few times.

Not a great fan of Wright's work, I hadn't seen this structure before. To me it is a wonderful blend. Thanks for the post

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Excellent

It is cocooned in it's setting and the image feels that way too. I have two little comments - in the lower left that one leaf looks like a person's head. It detracts for me. You may consider bringing the shadows down just a touch on the building.?

Thank you, everyone!

Susan: I agree that the setting feels cocooned at least when viewed at this angle, which is the iconic view of the building's exterior thanks to an overlook built for tourists. I didn't take a tour of the interior, but my hunch based on photos I've seen of it is that the strength of the architecture with regard to the interaction with the outdoors has to do with the interior design. The interaction with the outdoors probably comes to play more from viewing the outdoors from the home's interior and the home's upper outdoor level rather than viewing the home's exterior from some other position that is outdoors.