Inside the $7M project to save Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic masterpiece

[Loulit01]

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For the past two years, staff at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s many-terraced masterpiece in the woods of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, have found themselves in the middle of a home improvement project on steroids. They are overseeing a $7 million renovation to replace and restore roofs, flashing, window and door frames, and exterior walls. And they’re doing all of it while hewing to strict historic preservation standards and managing the expectations of visitors who flock from around the world to see one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century.
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My next field trip may be to to see this place. Always wanted to.

 

[Parrish]

I've been there. It's beautiful. Very serene.

 

[dseag2]

I've always heard about this house and it looks stunning. I'm glad they are restoring it.

We have a small theater in Dallas that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It sits on a hill and has lots of windows. It needs an overhaul but one can still recognize the style. He was truly a master of bringing the outside inside when it came to architecture.

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

It is one cool property. Wouldn't mind seeing it myself either. Maybe someday.

 

[Chomsky]

https://wapo.st/4oRuxjd

For the past two years, staff at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s many-terraced masterpiece in the woods of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, have found themselves in the middle of a home improvement project on steroids. They are overseeing a $7 million renovation to replace and restore roofs, flashing, window and door frames, and exterior walls. And they’re doing all of it while hewing to strict historic preservation standards and managing the expectations of visitors who flock from around the world to see one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century.
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My next field trip may be to to see this place. Always wanted to.

I'm fortunate to be surround by Wright's architecture. I've toured some, formally and informally.

Sorry to say, I just don't get it. The "Prairie School" does nothing for me.

Now Louis Sullivan? I love his stuff!

 

[radioman]

There is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house 40 miles or so from me.
It was for sale a couple years ago.
Awesome looking home.
This link has some pix.....https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/a-frank-lloyd-wright-designed-home-is-for-sale-in-an-unlikely-location

 

[natman]

The Marin County, CA courthouse was designed by FLW. It's almost 70 years old and it's still used as a futuristic setting for science fiction movies. It's fantastic.

 

[element94]

https://wapo.st/4oRuxjd

For the past two years, staff at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s many-terraced masterpiece in the woods of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, have found themselves in the middle of a home improvement project on steroids. They are overseeing a $7 million renovation to replace and restore roofs, flashing, window and door frames, and exterior walls. And they’re doing all of it while hewing to strict historic preservation standards and managing the expectations of visitors who flock from around the world to see one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century.
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My next field trip may be to to see this place. Always wanted to.

My wife and I went there in 2005. It has to be experienced in person to be fully appreciated. Those glass window corners! The fire place was burning when we were there (early April morning 30 degrees) and the staff said they rarely have it lit. The large rock that the family used to picnic on is now the hearth of the fireplace. Definitely go!