FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’s

MASTERPIECE

MRIGANKA BANIKYA
B.ARCH, 2ND SEM
CASE - STUDY
RSA, GUWAHATI
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN [GAUHATI UNIVERSITY]
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 CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 THE ARCHITECT
 ARCHITECT’s PHILOSOPHY
 DESIGN CONCEPT
 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
 ANALYSIS
 INTERIOR & EXTERIOR VIEWS
 INFERENCE
 REFERENCE
 INTRODUCTION
Falling Water of the Kaufmann Residence is a house designed
by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southern
Pennsylvania.
The home was built partly over a waterfall, and was
designed as a weekend home for the family of Kaufmann
 THE ARCHITECT
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Frank Lincoln Wright

 June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959)

 American

 architect, interior designer, writer, and

educator

 designed more than 1,000 structures, 532

of which were completed

 His creative period spanned more than 70

years.
 ARCHITECT’s PHILOSOPHY
The concept thought by the architect of FALLING WATER :-
Architecture is not only to work with nature, but to almost become a part of
nature…
Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with
humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called

ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE.
 DESIGN CONCEPT
 Organic Architecture.
 In close relationship to the glen, the trees, the foliage and wild flowers.
 The glory of the natural surrounding is brought in as part of the daily life…
 Spaces are designed to bring nature into the four walls.
 Horizontal and Vertical lines are the distinctive features of the building.
 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
 Preliminary plans were issued to Kaufmann for approval on October 15, 1935.

 The final working drawings were issued by Wright in March 1936.

 The work began on the bridge and main house in April 1936.

 The original estimated cost for building Fallingwater was US$35,000.

 The final cost for the home and guest house was $155,000.

 In October 1937, the main house was completed.

CONSTRUCTION
ANALYSIS
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MAIN FLOOR PLAN
 GROUND FLOOR PLAN

OPTIONAL EXIT

KITCHEN
ENTRANCE

DINING AREA

UP

LIVING ROOM
DOWNWARDS
WATER BODY
TERRACE
BRIDGE

PRIVATE SEMI - PRIVATE SEMI - PUBLIC

 FIRST FLOOR PLAN

BATH-
ROOM

BATH-
ROOM UP

BATH-
ROOM

BRIDGE

PRIVATE SEMI - PRIVATE SEMI - PUBLIC

 SECOND FLOOR PLAN

PRIVATE SEMI - PRIVATE SEMI - PUBLIC

FRONT ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
NORTH/SOUTH
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INTERIORs

Living Room
INTERIORs

Leisure Room
 INTERIORs
Third Floor stairs with book shelves
SKETCH
FALLING WATER
VIEWS
VIEWS
VIEWS
VIEWS
VIEWS
 INFERENCE

 From this activity first of all I came to know about one of the great architects of the 20th century,

F. Lloyd Wright.

 I came to know about the principle used behind this house, unity and harmony.

 Architecture is not only to work with nature, but to almost become a part of nature.
 REFERENCE

 www.fallingwater.org

 www.wright-house.com

 www.Pbs.org/flw

 www.franklloydwright.org

 www.en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/fallingwater-house

 www.archmary.com

 www.archmary.blogspot.com
“To visit the waterfall in the woods stays with me and a domicile has

taken shape in my mind to the music of the stream.”

--- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

(To Edgar J. Kaufmann)

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