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Picturing America: Fallingwater, 1935-1939 by Frank Lloyd Wright

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This document contains questions about Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house built in 1935-1939. It asks about design elements like the balconies and cantilevered sections, exterior materials, how Wright preserved the natural site's beauty, and how the house gives the impression of a natural cave while taking advantage of the waterfall by locating over it rather than near it like most architects would. The questions explore how Wright designed the house to seamlessly integrate with its natural surroundings through innovative structural and material choices.

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This document contains questions about Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house built in 1935-1939. It asks about design elements like the balconies and cantilevered sections, exterior materials, how Wright preserved the natural site's beauty, and how the house gives the impression of a natural cave while taking advantage of the waterfall by locating over it rather than near it like most architects would. The questions explore how Wright designed the house to seamlessly integrate with its natural surroundings through innovative structural and material choices.

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This document contains questions about Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house built in 1935-1939. It asks about design elements like the balconies and cantilevered sections, exterior materials, how Wright preserved the natural site's beauty, and how the house gives the impression of a natural cave while taking advantage of the waterfall by locating over it rather than near it like most architects would. The questions explore how Wright designed the house to seamlessly integrate with its natural surroundings through innovative structural and material choices.

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Picturing America: Fallingwater, 1935-1939 by Frank Lloyd Wright

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This document contains questions about Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house built in 1935-1939. It asks about design elements like the balconies and cantilevered sections, exterior materials, how Wright preserved the natural site's beauty, and how the house gives the impression of a natural cave while taking advantage of the waterfall by locating over it rather than near it like most architects would. The questions explore how Wright designed the house to seamlessly integrate with its natural surroundings through innovative structural and material choices.

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Picturing America: Fallingwater, 1935-1939

By Frank Lloyd Wright

Notice the balconies, the man on the lower balcony, a vertical column of stone, and a
vertical area of glass windows.

1. Why is this house called Fallingwater?

2. Which exterior material on the house is natural?

3. Which exterior materials on the house are man-made?

4. Describe the textures of the exterior materials.

5. How did Wright preserve the natural beauty of this site?

6. What parts of Fallingwater are cantilevered?

7. What part of the building appears to create the weight to hold them in place?

8. How did Wright create an impression of a natural cave?

9. Why might a city dweller enjoy this house?

10. What would a person on one of the balconies hear?

11. Where would most architects probably have located the house to take advantage
of the natural waterfall?

12. How is Fallingwater like a piece of contemporary abstract art from the twentieth
century?

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