Edgar J. Kaufmann
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Edgar Jonas Kaufmann was an American businessman and philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural maste
Pittsburgh Post, 1916
Kaufmann's department store in downtown Pittsburgh, designed by Charles Bickel in 1898, with an addition done by Janssen & Abbott in 1913
Fallingwater, 2013
Kaufmann Desert House, 2017
Fallingwater
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Fallingwater is a house museum in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it is built partly over a waterfal
Edgar J. Kaufmann
…philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural masterpieces, Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, designed by Richard Neutra. Edgar Kaufmann was born to a Jewish family…
Fallingwater in 2017
Fallingwater's facade includes sandstone, reinforced concrete, metal, and glass.
View of Fallingwater from across Bear Run
Edgar Jr.'s bedroom in the third-story gallery