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ID: 700008425 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008425 | Record Type: Built Work |
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Fallingwater (house; Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959); Kaufmann...; 1936-1939; Mill Run (Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, North and...) | |
Note: Located between the villages of Mill Run and Ohiopyle, Pennsylvannia, Fallingwater was built as a vacation home for Philadelphia retailer Edgar J. Kaufman. It quickly became an icon of American architecture with its dramatic cantilevered terraces perched over a waterfall. | |
Titles: |
Fallingwater (preferred,C,U,PO,English-P,U,N) |
Edgar J. Kaufman House (C,U,English,U,U) |
Kaufmann Residence (C,U,English,U,U) |
Edgar J. Kaufmann House (C,U,undetermined,,N) |
Kaufmann House (C,U,undetermined,,N) |
Catalog Level: item |
house [300005433] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings) |
historic monument [300007031] |
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by function>) |
architecture (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1936-1939 |
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959); Kaufmann, Edgar J. (American businessman and architectural patron, 1885-1955) [preferred,VP] |
architect Wright, Frank Lloyd (American architect, 1867-1959) [500020307] |
patron Kaufmann, Edgar J. (American businessman and architectural patron, 1885-1955) [500235939] |
Locations: |
Current: Mill Run [2513781] Clearfield county (county), Pennsylvania (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Address Note: +39.906111,-79.468056 |
Display Materials: reinforced concrete, Pryex, steel, cantilever construction |
reinforced concrete [300010775] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, concrete, <concrete by technique>) |
Pyrex (TM) [300010801] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by composition or origin>, borosilicate glass) |
cantilever construction [300135410] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>) |
steel (alloy) [300133751] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy) |
Dimensions: main house: 5,330 square feet; guest house: 1,700 square feet. |
American (preferred) |
Modern (style or period) [300264736] (preferred,style) | |
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>) |
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined) |
dwelling [300005425] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures) (AAT) |
waterfall (body of water) [300008736] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: residential structures |
............... Fallingwater |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Fallingwater | ........ [VP,BWR] |
........ Hitchcock, In the Nature of Materials (1942) 58 | |
........ Frank Lloyd Wright: Autobiography (1943) | |
........ Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation [online] (2000-) | |
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3777281 | |
Edgar J. Kaufman House | ........ [VP] |
........ Hitchcock, In the Nature of Materials (1942) 58 | |
Kaufmann Residence | ........ [VP] |
........ Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation [online] (2000-) | |
Edgar J. Kaufmann House | ........ [BWR] |
........ BWR database (2010-) | |
Kaufmann House | ........ [BWR] |
........ BWR database (2010-) | |
Subject: ....... [VP,BWR] |
....................... Langmead, Icons of American Architecture (2009) 178 |
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3777281 |
....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) |
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3777281 |
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 66831 |
....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U292693 |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation [online] (2000-) | |
..... Langmead, Icons of American Architecture (2009) 178 | |
..... BWR database (2010-) | |
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