I have admired Wright's work for most of my life from age of about 18 to 81 (now). He was an amazing talent. But I think you have to like what he did enough to endure some of the inconveniences they imposed on you if you actually lived in one of his houses. He wasn't too friendly with a lot of people who exceeded his height of 5'-7" or who wanted more room to sleep in than he thought was minimally necessary. I would loved to have met him but hever had the chance. I became an architect primarily because of him and his design abilities and in no small way his personality and how he promoted himself ( I never tried to imitate him in either regard, but then I didn't possess his talent and knowledge ). thanks for the video tours. I visited Falling Water years ago and have visited other Wright sites around the country as well. It's amazing how fresh the designs seem even decades after they were originally designed and built.

The interior of Fallingwater was closed due to the Covid 19 virus but all the terraces and property were open. The other collection of homes were open inside.

I had a friend in libertyville IL when I was in elementary school. She lived in a house designed by Frank Loyd Wright. WOW! I loved that house so much. Wrap around screen covered balconies. Right on the Desplain River. So many little hide away rooms and levels. What an architect he was.

@frauleingermany4435

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was influenced by the style and a self taught architech and builder. He built many houses and multifamily homes. Providing homes for many families. He was on the leading edge of low energy consumption homes, utilizing passive solar heating and cross ventilation for cooling. He made sun decks and screen dining rooms for outdoor dining only 40 miles from Tallisian.

There is a house not far from me (I live in Australia) that was built by a family that is heavily influenced by FLW’s work. It was up for sale one day and it was open house, it was stunning to say the least. All the fine details, the colours and built in furniture was used. The new owners gutted it and restored it with better quality materials and modern heating/electricity etc… I also went out with an Architect long ago who went to Falling Water for the day and somehow was there at night time as well with the property custodian who pointed out the house is very different at nighttime. She said it very moving and reminded her of going to a beautiful church. I’ll get there one day…..

MANY THANKS for sharing this video about one of the "Greatest Living Architectural Legacies" of Sir Architect Frank Lloyd Wright...His exemplary works particularly this one truly inspired me to finish my architecture studies way back in 1985...I am now 56 yrs old and engaged in Public Service as a government architect assigned to review and approve plans of various Hospitals and Healthcare facilities in my country...More power and keep it up!:)

@Bradh1961

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Reny. I'm so pleased to hear you enjoyed our tour. I've always wanted to visit the house but was SO thrilled to discover his other homes nearby! A double delight, and so nice to hear from you.

It’s so funny. I have on the computer generated subtitles and I believe it heard ‘applause’ for the water sound!

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

Heh heh heh. It's right! Well, that's kinda how everyone feels when they see Fallingwater! Applause!

Hi Honey. I’m home! It’s hard to imagine coming home to this amazing piece of architecture.

Also in just a few miles from Fallingwater is Kentuck Knob by Wright which has been open to the public...or was before Covid-19. Worth the visit. Like Fallingwater the house was situated by Wright to work with the terrain.

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds lovely, too! I'll have to check it out. Thanks, Suzette!

Great video. Other videos usually show only the house. But you showed even the entrance and road. That gives a feeling of being there. Thanks for sharing 🙂😍

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome.

Little known fact about FLW and his under floor heating. He got the idea while visiting Japan for the Imperial Hotel Project in Tokyo. He was invited to a building to see the CEO of the Hotel, where he experienced under floor heating for the first time. The building was Not Japanese, but Korean. During japanese Occcupation of Korea, Japanese dismantled Korean King's palace and sold off buildings. The CEO of Imperial Hotel bought the building which was quarter for the Crown Prince, and moved it over to Tokyo. Every Korean houses have under floor heating system now, and back then. It's not however a Japanese tradition.

What an amazing mind he had. Very beautiful and interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much for this video, I'm from Brazil and a architect student doing a homework about the fallingwater house, your video help me a lot to better understand this awesome house!

@renyrabe7633

2 жыл бұрын

The various Architectural Works of Sir Frank Lloyd Wright inspired me more to finish my architecture studies as compared to the academic encouragement I obtained from my teachers in college...His various architectural projects are TIMELESS and UNIQUE...very seriously thought of and aesthetically created by Sir Wright beyond the works of his generation ..Good Luck in your studies!:)

🎉 I love this babe!! Grace is Blessed ❤

Thanks for sharing. I only knew about the waterfall house, now I want to see all 4.😃

I have seen so many videos of this property (Fallingwater) and enjoyed none more than this one. To get a tour of 4 of them?? Awesomeness. Thank you so much!

@Bradh1961

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, Sue! I was HOPING people would enjoy my tour and there you are!!!

One of the best things I've done in my life was to visit Falling Water before I left Pennsylvania.

Thank you for sharing! Only 7 miles south of Fallingwater is the FLW-designed Kentuck Knob. He designed it for the Hagans of Hagan Ice Cream fame. Hagan's dairy provided the ice cream for Kaufman's restaurant in his Pittsburgh store. You could have seen this stunning home, also.

Amazing how to move a house! Thank you for sharing, someday I'd love to visit these landmarks in architecture 🥳

It’s amazing this was 1930s and 50s… truly a beautiful mind

When I went some years ago, they offered an 'in-depth' tour early in the morning before regular tours started. It was well worth it. I recall you got to take indoor pictures on the in depth tour, which they did not allow on regular tour.

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely going back to see the interiors on my next drive between NYC and Toledo!

@karroketo

Жыл бұрын

So you buy the Wright to take a pic?

Very Good vedio and nice Design pattern...Congratulation..Boss Thanks thank YOU verymuch

THANKS MR. Hurtado to take me/us there......Wonderful Spot....Architecture as it Best.....If I had a little bit of Money...I would build in a such Manner... THANKS!!!

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome. I was so happy to be able to shoot and share what it feels like to walk through the site!

Thank you so much for this video! You did such a great job showing the houses.

@alexbryson4277

2 жыл бұрын

Wendy Does your family by any chance own pizza shop?

@Bradh1961

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@wendy-8560

Жыл бұрын

@@alexbryson4277 , sorry it took me so long to reply. I just now saw your comment. No, I have no family that owns a pizza shop.

Brilliant Brad. Fabulous opportunity.

Thanks for this, one of my FLW favorite designs. The story behind this is so interesting, per the son of original owner. Toured the house at Barnsdall off Vermont. Located in LA.

I old nabbor had a home like frank Lloyd wright..style. Not built by wright..but many Sim...he study under weight in Wisconsin..I loved the home..it's been gone for 15 yrs now..sad if I bought it ..I would enjoy it today..the land was all bout the doe..outside of chicago.area late 1990s..it was a nice stone built home..flat roof lines lots of glass ..ty for this video..

About 4 weeks ago we visited polymath falling Waters and Kentucky knob a fantastic weekend.

Thanks for the education. I thought I knew a lot about FLW but this video humbled me. Falling water definitely was FLW and it is a shame not to see all the rooms and furnishings because this house was his masterpiece. Duncan House has FLW elements including the exterior flat roof, and some bits of furniture but his characteristic lamps and light fixtures are missing. IMHO The windows and doors are not classical FLW. The Balter House designed by one of his students and thus strictly cannot be counted as FLW. However it bears most of FLW ideas including the central load-bearing part of the house liberating the exterior for full sized glass windows. There is that wonderful FLW-type fireplace and natural stone theme throughout and some built-in furniture. The gorgeous Mantyla House looked much more like FLW than the previous two. I was not aware that his Usonian houses used board and batten until now thanks to you.

Thank you for sharing. Love the video.

@Bradh1961

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you Brad, I so enjoyed the tour......love anything about Frank Lloyd Wright.

@alexbryson4277

2 жыл бұрын

Jean Does your family by any chance own pizza shop?

@jeanangel2104

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexbryson4277 why do you ask women this question. I noticed you asked another woman the same question....I gotta give it to you it's a unique question. It's better than what's your sign.

@alexbryson4277

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanangel2104 I just want to make someone smile and feel happy

@jeanangel2104

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexbryson4277 sounds good, have a great day Alex.

@alexbryson4277

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeanangel2104 can we be friends?

I'm amazed that you were able to take pictures, we went through Talihesan, here in Wisconsin & that was one of the main rules, NO PICTURES, so yes, thank you for sharing these :)

@RMPANDA964

Жыл бұрын

I just did the tour 3 days ago at Polymath. You can do pictures, but they said no video.

@Bradh1961

Жыл бұрын

I think I may have been sneaking all of theses shots!!!

@RMPANDA964

Жыл бұрын

@@Bradh1961 My tour guide made it not even sound like a big deal if you did video. The way he worded it, he said he would "wag his finger at you and tell you to stop". He was pretty chill about it. As long as it didn't look like you were filming video, I don't think the tour guides will make a big deal out of it. However, thank you for the video. I got lots of pictures, but nice to look at the video until I visit again.

In my opinion, Falling Water is he most beautiful house in the world, period.

Really enjoyed it. Ill be there next week and will explore the rest of the houses. I just visited the penfield house and shot some video and going to get some video of staley house if im lucky before i hit the road. You should hit dayton. Theres a few down there as well.

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

How did you like the tour of Fallingwater, Dylan?

Great video & experience. would have been more impactful without the 'music'....I would have muted the sound but wanted to hear the 'water'

All of his interiors remind me of Boat interiors .... Beautiful and most have aged well!

I’m so excited to have ran across your video. My daughter is heading to Fallingwaters in 2 weeks. She is an Interior Design student at the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Architecture. Her trip with all the other students will be there summer class that they will getting credit for going to see Fallingwaters! Thank you

@Bradh1961

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! And I trust she had a great visit!

Muy buen video .Gracias

This is one of the best Falling Water video's I have seen! Thanks for posting this. What time of year do you or anyone recommend going? Oct will have fall leaves, but green trees looked awesome too. Any advise?

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gisele. Thank you so much. I've only been once and it was a year ago mid-July during Covid so we weren't able to go inside. It's open now, and I'd vote for just when the leaves turn!!

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my other video about Longwood Garden in PA and my other with Paul Bangay's garden in Australia. Both awesome walk throughs.

Music is distracting, couldn’t finish the video😢 I’ve been to all of these properties- they are beautiful.

He was ahead of his time.

Great video

@Bradh1961

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Juan!

Interesting and no doubt Wright was a genius. But some of those rooms looked awfully small, almost claustrophobic. I love the large fireplaces though.

Not to be critical...but what was the need for music? It's a retreat in the woods...and it's all about falling water which would have been simple enough.

@jondcarson52

2 жыл бұрын

I would also suggest a gimbel and slower panning transitions when changing views.

You can visit four Frank LLoyd Wright homes on foot in a few hours all on the same block in Milwaukee. They are open for tours in his native Wisconsin

I found it more interesting without the audio. It's amazing how many people think the background music should be so load. I always thought background ment very quiet.

How do you move a house like this one?

@TheOwlsarewatching606

2 жыл бұрын

Carefully!

it seemed like you were not able to enter fallingwaters. is this a factor one might take into account on deciding to visit this beautiful home?

@Bradh1961

4 жыл бұрын

We were not able to go in to Fallingwater due to Covid, but it was a marvelous trip even without the interior and a great reason to go back one day.

@Mark-xt8jp

3 жыл бұрын

A visit once fully open is worth it, I took a guided tour where the guide knows all the details about the property and can answer questions, and you get an up close look of every room. Pictures while inside aren't allowed, so you either take them outside or get sneaky with your phone 8D

Of course the family couldn't afford Wright in 1964, (The Balter House)...he died in 1959!

why the wretched music

Me & this girl I dated in 2016 went to the caves up there, and after we left I thought let's go and see this house, cause it's right by there.... & upon getting to the turn off the house is on it was completely packed for miles, I'm seirous cars all the way out past the sign that said Fallingwaters if you plan on going here call ahead and make an appointment (they do that) think it's like $20 or somthing, I kno this video makes it look like u can just drive up thats because of covid, but you should definitely call ahead 1st to be safe this place is normally packed, Oh & we didn't get to see the house we were to exhausted from the caves & the wait time was somthing like 2hrs. Maybe I'll take my new girlfriend 👌

@striperross4975

3 жыл бұрын

So what happen to the girl from 2016?

@mikenaugz88

3 жыл бұрын

@@striperross4975 she got caught a year later.

Can you imagine the Building Inspectors today would have a heart attack trying to find a reason to red flag Fallingwater.

@benolofson9732

Жыл бұрын

Those terraces all fell around 7 inches so they wouldn't need to look very hard

Dear Brad Hurtado, I am writing to enquire about your permission to use your video clip. This is , the Korean TV show which is broadcasted on JTBC(Korean TV channel). With your permission, we'd like to use your video clip for introducing Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright. It will be broadcasted at 9PM on July 11, 2022. Thank you for your kind attention and look forward to hearing from you.

@Bradh1961

Жыл бұрын

Sure. Fine with me!

You forgot Kentuck Knob

Cinder-block for Mantyla's walls ? Seriously ? Makes the house feel like a public school building.

@tj81164

2 жыл бұрын

Cinder block & textile blocks were very common for Usonian homes. It was one way to lower the cost of building the homes.

I had to turn the volume down, your music is annoying. but great video.

Wright did not design all the furniture of Fallingwater

lovely home...but far too close to forest bullies...bugs..snakes...big foot

The interior decoration is confused.

I really enjoyed the tour and details. It was only marred by seeing people wearing masks which reminds one of bad times and the horrible psychological hoodwinking the controllers inflicted on the people - thinking they need masks outside. So ridiculous and demeaning of intelligence. If you live close enough consideer going back to make a mask free video. FLW was about freedom and individualism!

Started watching this and then awful loud jarring music completely ruined the whole thing-Switched it off

House designs 👍 Music 👎

Irritating music.

You must have searched high and low for this asinine music.

And your friends stayed in your way the whole time… disappointing

Completely irrelevant music. And please don’t give me the copyright excuse: go outside, record wind in the leaves, a quiet water stream, birds singing, even good old silence will do better. At 10:10, where did you get this ‘’fact’’ that FLW would be too expensive!? He died in April 1959, six years before construction. At 15:32, how could you - I MEAN HOW COULD YOU!? - film a cleaning ladies behind while she was cleaning the bathtub!? Why - I MEAN WHY!? - didn’t you edit this out!?

@aquaman811

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree on the music. Very distracting. And the cleaning woman should NOT have been left in, very rude, unless she ok’d it.

@FODteam

3 жыл бұрын

Chill dude. I thought the music was pretty fitting for the video. Cleaning lady wasnt needed i agree. Kick rocks on the music tho.

@williamsholly600

3 жыл бұрын

You ever noticed is always someone that's got to complain about something cat just enjoy it for what it is

@brunodesrosiers266

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamsholly600 - There is a proper way to present things and, as a matter of fact, there is also a proper way to write - which you could use to your advantage.

@TheBornnaked

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t tell if this is a troll or you’re actually a crazy person who complains likes a petulant child who didn’t get exactly what they wanted for Christmas.

Wright may have been quite the architect, but his taste in furniture sucks.

Been there, amazing house,but low ceilings, small people would fit,but not tall people. Also who picked that horrible background music, It sucks.

@Bradh1961

3 жыл бұрын

That would be me, Tyrone. What a kind person you seem to be. How about you make your first KZread video and post it so we can all hear the music choices you make and then comment on 'em, huh?

@marylclc1269

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bradh1961 I liked the music choices. I'm a FLW fan, having been born and lived in Oak Park IL, and I think your music choices were lovely and fit the video nicely.