San Francisco State University ENGR 100 Kim Sindac, Audrey Asistio, Doug Lee, Adrian Gotauco May 13,

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San Francisco State UniversityENGR 100Kim
Sindac, Audrey Asistio, Doug Lee, Adrian
GotaucoMay 13, 2005

• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Fallingwater

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Early Life

• Born Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867
• Worked on his uncles farm during summers
• Attended University of Wisconsin
• Helped draft and supervise construction of Unity
  Chapel

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General Info on Wrights Achievements

• Designed 1141 works
• Also an excellent writer, philosopher, and
  educator
• Known as the greatest American Architect of all
  time

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Man Behind the Visions

• Developed Organic Architecture
• Construction of a building began with the
  interior
• Simplicity and unity of materials were his main
  goals
• He blended design with engineering

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The Location of Fallingwater

• Location Bear Run Falls, Pennsylvannia
• Landscape consists of plateaus, deep slopes and
  waterfalls
• Foundation Pottsville Sandstone (hardened
  sedimentary layers)
• Elevation characterized like the steps of a
  stairway

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The Client

• Edgar J. Kaufmann commissioned Wright to build
  Fallingwater in 1935
• Owner of a Pittsburgh department store
• Philanthropist and Patron of the Arts
• Kaufmann Family used Fallingwater as a vacation
  home

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Fallingwater Finished Product