Fallingwater is Frank Lloyd Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture and the American Institute of Architects’ “best all-time work of American architecture.” Located in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.

Fallingwater is a house designed in 1935 by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) for the Kaufmann family, owners of Pittsburgh’s largest department store. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is one of his most widely acclaimed works and best exemplifies his philosophy of organic architecture: the harmonious union of art ...

Wright at Polymath Park is a collection of two Wright-designed houses, Mäntylä and the Duncan House, and two houses by Peter Berndtson, a Wright apprentice. Mäntylä and the Duncan House were saved from demolition and relocated to the site.

A second MoMA exhibition, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, opened following the completion of Fallingwater’s guest house in 1939. The epitome of “organic architecture,” Fallingwater’s design symbolizes the harmony between people and nature.

Frank Lloyd Wright built Fallingwater for the Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh Pennylvania. Learn more about the history of this weekend home turned museum.

There is a ¼ mile walk from the Visitor Center to the house on uneven gravel surfaces. We offer a shuttle service to and from the house for visitors with mobility challenges. Touring the house’s multiple levels requires climbing over 100 steps.

Fallingwater is located in southwest Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands about 90 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. The house is located along PA Route 381 between the villages of Mill Run and Ohiopyle. It is approximately 19 miles south of the Donegal exit (Exit #91) of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) or 10 miles north of US Route 40.

Fallingwater was created by Frank Lloyd Wright as a declaration that in nature man finds his spiritual as well as his physical energies, that a harmonious response to nature yields the poetry and joy that nourish human living.

Fallingwater is the only major Wright-designed house to open to the public with its furnishings, artwork, and setting intact Frank Lloyd Wright once suggested that the house’s concrete surfaces be coated in gold leaf.

Frank Lloyd Wright. An American architect, designer, writer, and educator, Frank Lloyd Wright promoted organic architecture, which was best exemplified in his most famous work—Fallingwater.