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- TalkingBanana, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14This reminds me of the videos you get when you build a wonder in Civilization 4.
- dicerandom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13For anybody who hasn't been there, you should go. The visuals are stunning, of course, but they don't convey the entire experience. Walking through the home involves the sight of the architectural elements, the sound of the water flowing around the house, the smell of the air, and probably some other senses too.
One day, when I'm insanely rich, I will have a house whose design is modeled off of that one. - creep303, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Better be a nerd than a cynical Internet bully.
- xportz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12.Mac mirror (very fast): http://homepage.mac.com/cristobal.vila/movies/fallingwater_movies/fallingwater_mov_qt.htm
- tradwolley, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12I would rather see his mile high building built.
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/atkinson/948/milehigh.html - esquilax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6or how about... missile launchers?
or a monkey. - LeeTXJD, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8I know Fallingwater is considered a masterpiece - in terms of art. However, the house is radically under-engineered. The house started sagging as soon as it was completed. It is so bad, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy hired an engineering firm to salvage it. It now has steel beams running through it - just to hold it up.
Other FLW designed structures tend to leak when it rains. Good artist (I suppose). Poor engineer. I wouldn't live in one of his homes. - TalkingBanana, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7so?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5a 3d video, where you can step in the scene and see it from a different angle. using laser i guess. no? crap.
- jeffrysfanclub, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I took the tour there and thought it was pretty cool. The family that he built it for always went to the spot where the house was built before it was there and picnicked on a certain rock every time. Wrights idea was to keep the rock but build the house around it.....so that same rock they used to picnic on is sitting in front of their fire place. Thought that was cool.
- OpCzar, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9Put it in videos and I'll dig it/
- frell69, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Falling Water would be considered a stunning design even today but given that it was designed over 70 years ago makes it even more amazing, IMO. It really is a beautiful place to visit.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4He was talented engineer as well, the Johnson Wax Building was a 1 of a kind engineering marvel at the time. His problem was he was a lazy engineer.
- SkullPizza, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7this isn't about opinions. it is a video... that's just a fact.
- suxmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Meh, it's more a work of art and design than a 'video' imho
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Pity. Everything is better if there are lasers involved.
- oaktree, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4My co-worker, Xen, had this to say. (he's a professional architectural visualization specialist) "Not bad. The beginning looks like 3dmark 06 gpu bench test. Computer game like. Not a fan of the scaling stone walls at all. That’s just lazy. What he should have done is have it not scale the texture with it so the stones were appearing as it scaled or animate a visibility texture. Interiors look decent but way too much Glare. A little too gratuitous. If those things are fixed, I think it would be a great vis anim."
- Wonkanobi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I suddenly have to pee
- StarManta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3That's not the same video, genius.
- PdxPhoenix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change." -FLW
- buildmorerobots, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Frank Lloyd Wright an falling water are pretty cool, but he lose points for always having leaking roofs.
- theSAWzall, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2He was an Architect not an Engineer. Most engineer's even architects would've done something safe and boring. Wright was innovative and took risks. Yes his buildings had flaws and usually were over budget, but his clients got the amazing pieces of architecture they were looking for. Buildings can't be expected to last forever, especially one as exposed to the elements as Falling Water's is.
- mediamaker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3a torrent would be totally rad
- tradwolley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Looks like an FPS. Where's the guns???
- EserVerx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2both mirrors are slow as *****. post better link please, a good portion of articles i read on digg have slow or non existent links.
- pdj007, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I go to visit Falling Water twice when I lived in Pittsburgh. If you ever get the chance to see it (and have a choice of when) , I recommend going in autumn. The building surrounded by all of the foliage changing color is simply phenomenal.
- tethead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2the page won't load, but i just got back from a visit to Fallingwater, and it is truly one of the greatest architectural achievements of our time. It's hard to appreciate the level of detail with which everything in that house is conceived unless you see it first hand. Maybe this 3d video will be cool, but I think you really need to visit it to see, hear, and smell the nature that is part of this house.
- dpknc84, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2With enough money you can do anything.
- Delvis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2My non-architect and non-3D artist eyes say congratulations to the artist. Beautiful work on a beautiful subject.
- Rounin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow, that is very cool and very accurate to what I remember. I was just there 2 weeks ago when I proposed to my girlfriend. She said, "Yes!" =)
- jsully, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow that's gorgeous. For anyone interested I found a download for it:
http://www.twhl.co.za/mapvault.php?str=Kaufmann&submit=Go&type=1&srchwhat=maps - Klarth, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4haha, torrent. I get it.
- subcodec, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1My bad, he didn't actually design the place. In fact, it was built to spite Frank Lloyd Wright
- antdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1404!
- DrJG, on 05/24/2009, -0/+1To have a house like that you need a site like that, else it is a copy without sense - not Wright.
- jasoncrowther, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1wow, after just visiting FL in person last week, I have to say that the video does it justice. amazing attention to detail. that being said, its an amazing experience in person and well worth the $$ for the 2 hour in-depth tour.
- flashingcurser, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not with current setbacks to water. You will always be 100' from your dream.
- BigSax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1One of my best engineering professors imparted this bit of wisdom to all of his classes...
A good engineer is a lazy engineer. - eurynome420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1music from a midsummer night's dream . . . . hahahaha
- DrummerAndrew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oooh Snap! Sites down and looks like the mirror didn't get the video. Please contact billing.
- RockJohny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1good thing it's not in Dallas, or they would have ripped it down and built 5 McMansions
- hokieaudi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1At the time Fallingwater was being designed and built steel reinforced concrete was a new material and very little expertise concerning its use was available. Wright famously got into an argument with his steel designer over how much rebar to use, feeling that the amount spec'd was too heavy. The steel setter ultimately went ahead and used more than Wright wanted which ended up being the correct call, though it turned out to be insufficient and over time the cantilevered decks were slowly sagging. Temporary steel supports were put into place while rehabilitative work was done on the structure. When I visited in 2000 they had a nice cutout so you could see the steel tension cables which were being retrofitted into the structure. Once the rehab work was completed the temporary supports were removed and now the building stands as it did originally with fully cantilevered decks jutting out over Bear Run.
- matttaylor314, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1not to knock on FLW (because he was a great designer), but it's also got a lot of issues, such as mold and the fact that his cantilevers were/are too long for the strength of the materials. I have heard (from an architect I used to draft for) that his builders often went behind his back during construction to thicken the cantilevers. In fact, much of the "restoration" that has to be done to his buildings includes replacing the spans that have warped over time.
- theSAWzall, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ahh, I'm amazed to see the word Architecture or Design actually refer to something Architectural rather than some pansy-ass IT subject.
- 2012, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible. - subcodec, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That goes the same with a house he built here in Wisconsin called the House on the Rocks. Pictures and video just doesn't do it justice. It's everything from the way the building is styled and the countryside it sits in. It's almost like you're in a different world.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Dated? Dunno looks pretty cool to me. Boxy, yeah, but quite good..
- Eicos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's not from a midsummer night's dream. It's a Smetana piece called The Moldau.
- DrJG, on 05/24/2009, -0/+1Interesting information.
I suppose that is true of a lot of old buildings. -
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