While Frank Lloyd Wright designed some great structures, his engineering suffered over the esthetics. I think they’ve had to fix, ‘falling water’s’ foundation several times.
Yes, and the roof of the skywalk to his “great room” office space at the Johnson Wax factory leaks like a seive. It’s made of hollow, bent, glass tubing. Furthermore, the 3 legged desks he designed for the office workers all had to be re-designed because they were constantly tipping over and dumping the secretaries on the floor.
The “great room” is not used any more because everybody wanted private offices.
Actually the construction crew put in far more rebar/Ibeams than he called for because they felt it wasn’t sufficient, and they have had to repair it since shortly after it was completed many times... now whether those cracks were due to the fault of the original plans, or the fact the construction crew didn’t follow them exactly I don’t know.
FLW houses in Los Angles require constant upkeep. That can be a real drain on ownership.