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ID: 700008425
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008425
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2 3
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
Work Types:
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>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1936-1939

Creator Display:
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.
Cultures:
American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Modern (style or period) [300264736] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:
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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