LEGO Architecture Fallingwater (21005) (Discontinued by manufacturer)

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The first segment is placed immediately onto the base, with only a single stud required to hold it in place. As promised, having reached the 100 supporters, I release the instructions of the model (in LDraw format). Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.230) The second floor segment again includes more terraces plus the only grille plates in the build. Grille plates have become a signature look for the Architecture series, especially in the skyline sets. Fallingwater was actually the first LEGO Architecture set to use them, and they would not appear again until a few years later with the Big Ben set. Frost, Edward (March 9, 1986). "Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece in Pennsylvania: Fallingwater—Where Man and Nature Live in Harmony". Los Angeles Times.

Frank Lloyd Wright. Fallingwater, Edgar J. Kaufmann House, Mill Run, Pennsylvania. 1934–37 | MoMA". www.moma.org . Retrieved July 29, 2018.

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For the cantilevered floors, Wright and his team used upside-down T-shaped beams integrated into a monolithic concrete slab which formed both the ceiling of the space below and provided resistance against compression. The contractor, Walter Hall, also an engineer, produced independent computations and argued for increasing the reinforcing steel in the first floor's slab—Wright refused the suggestion. There was speculation over the years that the contractor quietly doubled the amount of reinforcement [19] versus Kaufmann's consulting engineers doubling the amount of steel specified by Wright. [18] During the process of restoration begun in 1995, it was confirmed that additional concrete reinforcement had been added. Hoffmann, Donald (1993). Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History (2ed.). New York: Dover Publications Inc. pp.11–25. At age 67, Frank Lloyd Wright was given the opportunity to design and construct three buildings. With his three works of the late 1930s, (Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin, and the Herbert Jacobs house in Madison, Wisconsin), Wright regained his prominence in the architectural community. [10] The Kaufmanns [ edit ] The new Fallingwater LEGO set was introduced today at Fallingwater, the internationally renowned Frank Lloyd Wright house in Mill Run, Pa. Franklin Toker, Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House (Knopf, 2005)

Fallingwater is a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about 70 miles (110km) southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States. [4] It is built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The house was designed to serve as a weekend retreat for Liliane and Edgar J. Kaufmann, the owner of Pittsburgh's Kaufmann's Department Store. Fallingwater is one of the six original sets in the LEGO Architecture series. Released in 2009, it’s the largest of the originals with 811 pieces. To this day it remains one of the largest sets in the series, ranking 9th out of the 64 Architecture sets. Lowry, Patricia (December 8, 2001). "Restoration of drooping Fallingwater uncovers flaws amid genius". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved June 17, 2015. Fallingwater". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008 . Retrieved July 2, 2008.

On the hillside above the main house stands a four-bay carport, servants' quarters, and a guest house. These attached outbuildings were built two years later using the same quality of materials and attention to detail as the main house. The guest quarters feature a spring-fed swimming pool which overflows and drains to the river below. The conclusion of Greg Sestero's directorial debut Miracle Valley was shot inside of Fallingwater. This is the first feature film to ever shoot in the house. [50] a b c d Toker, F. (2003). Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's most extraordinary house. New York: Knopf. ISBN 1400040264.

The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright". UNESCO World Heritage Centre . Retrieved July 7, 2019.In addition, Fallingwater's structural system includes a series of very bold reinforced concrete cantilevered balconies. Pronounced deflection of the concrete cantilevers was noticed as soon as the formwork was removed during construction. This deflection increased over time, eventually reaching 7 inches (180mm) over a 15 foot (4.6m) span. a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Fallingwater stands as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces both for its dynamism and for its integration with its striking natural surroundings. Fallingwater has been described as an architectural tour de force of Wright's organic architecture. [31] Wright's passion for Japanese architecture was strongly reflected in the design of Fallingwater, particularly in the importance of interpenetrating exterior and interior spaces and the strong emphasis placed on harmony between man and nature. Contemporary Japanese architect Tadao Ando has said of the house: In Neal Shusterman's Arc of a Scythe book series, Scythes Marie Curie and Anastasia live at Fallingwater, which before their residency fell out of the public consciousness and into disrepair. [48]