Fallingwater, PA

IMG_3388IMG_3385Family members have been skiing and snowboarding this weekend at Seven Springs and took a drive to Fallingwater; the home designed over falls on Bear Run in the mountains  southeast of Pittsburgh by Frank Lloyd Wright. The house built for the Kaufmann family between 1936 and 1939 was to be a refuge for hiking, riding and fishing.

As an art student I remember studying the strong horizontal and vertical lines of this home, which are a distinctive architectural feature. There are four levels that are progressively set back to lie low against the forested hillside; the terraces, apparently suspended in space, echo the form of the waterfall.

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K

Christmas in Casa-Pueblo

IMG_3016 IMG_3569Tis the season to travel and our reporters are cruising throughout South America for the holidays. Their first port of call was to a resort off the Atlantic coast known as the St. Tropez of southeastern Uruguay; Punta del Este a city with beautiful beaches and gorgeous sunsets. Casa-Pueblo is first on the list of sites, a museum built by Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró as a summer house and workshop. Designed as a living sculpture with whitewashed concrete and stucco creates a surrealistic appearance off the coast in Punta Ballena.

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K