General History
The Fallingwater House, located in Pennsylvania, was designed by which architect?
Answer
Frank Lloyd Wright
Explanation
Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater (1935–39) for the Kaufmann family in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. It’s a landmark of Wright’s “organic architecture,” with bold cantilevered terraces that seem to float above the Bear Run waterfall, using local stone and horizontal lines to blend the house into its rocky, wooded setting.
To remember: Wright = nature-integrated, Prairie/organic design; Le Corbusier = International Style (think Villa Savoye); Gaudí = fantastical Barcelona forms (Sagrada Família); Gehry = sculptural metal (Guggenheim Bilbao). Fallingwater became a National Historic Landmark and, in