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Jan 2025
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Frank Lloyd Wright | Falling Water

KYLE WOOD
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Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America's most famous and influential architects. He famously said, "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other." It was this emphasis on unity between the construction and the surrounding landscape that made Fall ... Show More
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