Elliot, Jess Co, Phluff, & I went to Fallingwater & Kentuck Knob this Saturday. Jess & Phluff were in town because Jess’s site for studio this year is in Pittsburgh, so they came up and visited the Warhol and took their measurements. Then we met up and hung out Friday night, before they woke me up way too early Saturday morning to go out to see some architecture.
Fallingwater & Kentuck Knob were both designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, both in the later part of his career. Fallingwater really brought him back into the public eye, and although I expected it to be a lot of hype over not that impressive of a house … I was wrong.
Which is good.
I have visited a number of FLW’s homes in my day (including both Taliesins, which win–at least in sheer scope), and this one was quite impressive. It is small, but feels spacious, and it really did pull off his connecting the house with the site (better than most I have seen, because honestly a one story house with low ceilings doesn’t actually make me feel like I am on the prairie).
Anyway, Fallingwater was well worth it, even though both our tour guides left something to be desired. The first pointed at a clearly five sided light fixture and was like … he likes to use triangles; the second had her work cut out for her as Kentuck Knob is really a pretty boring house. They said FLW only visited the house once (while they were laying the foundation) and after seeing it, I don’t want to go back either–though the dining room is quite nice.
If you can’t make it out to Fallingwater, you can watch this video, as a bit of a substitute, though it is better if you are near Pittsburgh and can just head out that way.
To see a bunch of pictures click the photo up top.