falling water

"fallingwater is a man-made dwelling suspended above a waterfall. It ofers an imaginative solution to a perennial American problem: howto enjoy a civilized life without intruding upon the natural world. Especially in the United State, which had once possessed infinte acres of unspoiled land, teachnological progress almost always comes at the expense of nature. A long tradition of Americanlandscape painting had developed partly to satisfy city dwellers with restorative glimpses of the countryside they'd left behind. "--------Picturig America