80 YEARS A HEAD OF ITS TIME

I felt like Charlie from Willy Wonka's Chacolate Factory. To take a tour of Fallingwater was something I can't believe I did not do before. The design and technology used in the late 30's by Frank Llyod Wright is just now being adopted by modern designers for ecological builds and practices.

I could have spent all day at this house looking at every little corner, details and element of his design. There was not one area that was wasted or 'just there', every thing had a design that included form and function.

While they did not allow pictures inside I was for sure getting some good ones from the outside. This house was built over hanging a creek and every view from the outside to the inside is breath taking. in 1939 when the house was completed it cost $155,000. Even if money was endless you could still not build this house, ever stone was pulled from the surrounding area and formed there. To do something as simple as that today it would cost millions just to mine the stone.

For any kid thinking of becoming an architect this is one destination that is a must.