Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Completes a 3-Year, $7 Million Restoration

""If you think about your own house, you replace your roof every 25 years, you paint the clapboard every 15 years. It's just a little more complicated at Fallingwater because it's a house over a waterfall, there's a stream running underneath it; take your own house and the complications of doing repairs and multiply them by a hundred.""

""I want you to live with the waterfall," Wright famously told his clients. To make it happen, Wright envisioned a series of concrete 'trays' that were anchored to the natural rock and allowed the home to sit just above-nearly within-the water's crest."

Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, has completed a three-year, $7 million renovation to address significant structural issues, including a leaky roof. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced the successful completion of the project, which involved replacing the roof, doors, and exterior walls. The home, known for its unique integration with the natural landscape, faces challenges due to its location over a waterfall. The renovation aims to preserve this architectural masterpiece for future tours and programming.

Read at Architectural Digest