The House on the Waterfall

The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is known for his daring designs. In 1936, he built a house in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, called Fallingwater, which is world-famous. Its slabs of reinforced concrete are suspended over a natural waterfall. The roofs and terraces stretch out horizontally into the forest. When it came time to free the concrete from its casings, the workers were afraid that the whole house would collapse. Then the architect himself grabbed a pickax and removed the wooden supports. The house held fast!

Choose the correct answer.

1. Basedon paragraph 1, what does the description of the paper houses most suggest about the people who lived in them?

a. They based their designs on historical buildings.

b. They adapted their designs to deal with nature.

c. They were unable to get sturdy building materials.

d. They were trying to copy buildings from other places.