http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/main.php This is taken from the bridge that crosses Bear Run. http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0556.jpg.html 922 The bridge is a vehicle bridge. The private road runs behind the house to the right and up to the guest/servant house. http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0557.jpg.html 926 Click this to full size and you can see the fire inside. The hearth of the fireplace is a boulder upon which the house is built http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0558.jpg.html 929 The walled area is the "plunge pool" and is accessed by the narrow stair behind the wall. http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0559.jpg.html 932 The lower deck is off the living room. The upper deck, which extends almost completely across Bear Run, is off the bedrooms of http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0561.jpg.html 935 Wright had to be excited when offered this "canvas" by the Kaufmanns. I think it is the high point of Wright's work pa http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0562.jpg.html 938 Above the "main" house is the quarters for the servants as well as a guest room and swimming pool. Only the roof is v http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0563.jpg.html 941 Bear Run above the bridge. http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0564.jpg.html 944 Taken from the road between the two houses and looking back "up stream". http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0565.jpg.html 947 The central core and primary vertical structural element. To the left is the access road behind the house. Notice how the stru http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0566.jpg.html 950 It was at this point that the Kaufmanns believed Wright would site the house to look up at the falls. http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0567.jpg.html 953 Not unlike many "notable" architects Wright was not constrained by site--or budget. Fallingwater's cost was $165,000, http://www.davidcgrubb.com/gallery/v/fallingwater/IMG_0568.jpg.html 956