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Who commissioned Fallingwater from Frank Lloyd Wright?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright, c. 1926.
Fallingwater was commissioned by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., a department store magnate, and his wife, Liliane. They sought to have Frank Lloyd Wright design a weekend retreat on their property near the former Bear Run community in southwestern Pennsylvania.1