June 6, 2026 · 8:53 AM

Fallingwater: How Frank Lloyd Wright Cantilevered a House Over a Waterfall — In Just One Weekend

In 1934, a 67-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright sketched Fallingwater in three hours after stalling for nine months. He didn't place the house beside Bear Run waterfall — he suspended it over the water on concrete cantilevers, merged the floors with natural sandstone ledges, and delivered what Time magazine later called the greatest American building of the 20th century.

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