Falling Water, Failing Frank? Wright, Right?
Many people love Falling Water, the house near Pittsburgh, PA, designed for the Kaufmann family by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Wright supposedly designed this in a few hours. The owner called saying he wanted to see how the design was progressing and drove out to see Mr. Wright. In the few hours Wright worked he did get it right. The spectacular concrete cantilevered main balcony did start to fall in the 80's, ironically due to water falling and causing spalling, but is now r