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Fallingwater Completes a 3-Year, $7 Million Restoration

Architectural Digest·Katherine McLaughlin·2 months ago
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The scaffolding has come down at Frank Lloyd Wright ’s Fallingwater. And like a pivotal makeover reveal in a classic rom-com or coming-of-age movie, the transformation showcases a retouched version of the beauty that’s always been there—it just needed a little help to make it shine. In the case of Wright’s iconic Pennsylvania residence , the home underwent a three-year, $7 million renovation to address a leaky roof, among other concerns. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the nonprofit that owns and operates the estate, announced recently that the work—which included replacing the roof, doors, and exterior walls—was successfully completed, and the home would reopen for tours and other programming. Designed in 1935, the project was a commission from Kaufmann family, who owned a local department store in Pittsburgh. “I want you to live with the waterfall,” Wright famously told his clients.…

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