Essay About Frank Lloyd Wrights Kaufmann House And Amazing Summer House

The Pursuit of Perfection
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When I think back about all the building that I know to write about. I feel that my mind is
fixed on only one building. Many consider this house a masterpiece and way ahead of its time.
That building is Frank Lloyd Wrights Kaufmann house (Falling Water ).This magnificent
summer house is located on Bear Run in Pennsylvania. It was designed in 1935 for the
Kaufmann family. This house not only shows the famous style of Frank Lloyd Wright but also
shows a unique approach to architecture. The integration of the building with the nature around it
just outstanding. The material and the views are something unique and special.
Imagine a house where water moves beneath you, and you feel that the light is in the
palm of your hand. The natural views are all around the building, and the sounds of nature that
give you the feeling that you are living in a natural habitat. This is the only building I can think
of for an amazing summer house where your all five senses are satisfied and fulfilled and far
away from all problems. If I want to think of the houses in heaven this is for sure my closes
example.
The integration between nature and man made building is on its finest forms on this
Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece. His abilities to manipulate the design and the nature around the
site on every season of the year is a huge prove that Mr.Frank, succeeded on merging his
building with that natural habitat, without any distraction. As matter of fact he managed to add
beauty on that part of these lands.
I believe that the perfection of any building is the result of the balance between beauty
and its functionality. The best architect is the one who can find this perfect balance and
harmony. That is what Frank Lloyd Wright was able to do.These harmonies designs came
from the materials of these buildings to the beauty of its natural habitat. To use the
material around you is a solution to many problem today. That one of the reason I really
think this building is ahead of its time