Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous house, Fallingwater, is located in the Laurel Highlands, about an hour away from Morgantown. We have been thinking about trying to get there all summer, but trips to and fro (Ireland, Delaware, D.C. Seattle, Canada) have kept us from having a free day to make the short trek.
Our friends Leslile and Stacey are in town for a few days, though, and realizing how little there is to actually do in town, so I suggested to Leslie that we try Fallingwater. She was apparently so thrilled that she gasped with excitement at the suggestion.
Fallingwater itself is, I must say, as cool as it sounds. Architectural features of the place are not only cool for the one-of-a-kind features (the built-in closets, tables, beds, and desks) as for the ways that some feature anticipate ideas hawked on HGTV and any other home makeover show.
I was also really impressed by the art there: the Japanese prints, in particular (Wright for much of his career made more money as a print dealer than as an architect), but al the modernist sculpture by Wright and others that decorated the site.
Of course, the scenic nature of the place also made for some nice photos of us and of Leslie and Stacey, including this one, which practically looks like a Sears photo with the "Fallingwater" backdrop.
There is another (still) private Wright home also in the Laurel Highlands that does tours. I think I'd like to see if we can see that place, too, in part to see how livable Wright's architectural vision really is.
Our friends Leslile and Stacey are in town for a few days, though, and realizing how little there is to actually do in town, so I suggested to Leslie that we try Fallingwater. She was apparently so thrilled that she gasped with excitement at the suggestion.
Fallingwater itself is, I must say, as cool as it sounds. Architectural features of the place are not only cool for the one-of-a-kind features (the built-in closets, tables, beds, and desks) as for the ways that some feature anticipate ideas hawked on HGTV and any other home makeover show.
I was also really impressed by the art there: the Japanese prints, in particular (Wright for much of his career made more money as a print dealer than as an architect), but al the modernist sculpture by Wright and others that decorated the site.
Of course, the scenic nature of the place also made for some nice photos of us and of Leslie and Stacey, including this one, which practically looks like a Sears photo with the "Fallingwater" backdrop.
There is another (still) private Wright home also in the Laurel Highlands that does tours. I think I'd like to see if we can see that place, too, in part to see how livable Wright's architectural vision really is.