spotted: Tiki at Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright - General Tiki

R rupe33 Tiki Socialite DC Metro Area (MD) Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 381	R rupe33 Posted posted on Mon, Mar 26, 2007 12:14 PM On March 17th, 2007 we were going about our business on an in-depth tour of the house named Fallingwater, built for the E.J. Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Even though it was built in the 1930s, I still think of it as mid-century modern. In one of the bedrooms, my tiki radar went off. Sidling over to the bedside table's bookshelf, something became clear (and no, not just my reflection in the water pitcher)... Zooming in... look closely at the authors & titles: A battered copy of Thor Heyerdahl's "KON TIKI" was amongst the books! I didn't have the heart to ask our guide if it was original to the house or not. The house is well worth a visit if you're anywhere near Pittsburgh and have even a passing interest in architecture. This particular weekend was even worth the treacherous 4-hour (due to weather, more like 6-hour) drive from our home in the DC area. The sleet down in DC was all snow up in PA, and it was still coming down when we arrived Saturday morning for our tour: Cheers, Rupe

On March 17th, 2007 we were going about our business on an in-depth tour of the house named Fallingwater, built for the E.J. Kaufmann family of Pittsburgh, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Even though it was built in the 1930s, I still think of it as mid-century modern. In one of the bedrooms, my tiki radar went off. Sidling over to the bedside table's bookshelf, something became clear (and no, not just my reflection in the water pitcher)...

Zooming in... look closely at the authors & titles:

A battered copy of Thor Heyerdahl's "KON TIKI" was amongst the books! I didn't have the heart to ask our guide if it was original to the house or not.

The house is well worth a visit if you're anywhere near Pittsburgh and have even a passing interest in architecture. This particular weekend was even worth the treacherous 4-hour (due to weather, more like 6-hour) drive from our home in the DC area. The sleet down in DC was all snow up in PA, and it was still coming down when we arrived Saturday morning for our tour:

Cheers,
Rupe

Post #294747 by rupe33 on Mon, Mar 26, 2007 12:14 PM