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The Frank Lloyd Wright/Fallingwater Tour
Saturday-Sunday, May 14-15

Have you always wanted to see Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece? It's the most famous Modernist house in America!

Do the Wright thing and join NCModernist on our 11th annual trip. What about flying, direct, to Pennsylvania? It’s all included. Breakfast? Lunch each day? Wi-fi? Yes. Hotel? You betcha. Dinner Saturday night? Ground transportation? Of course, plus all admissions. Wow, that’s incredible! We think so, too. We do all the work so you can have a wonderful bucket list experience!

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Fallingwater was designed by world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 over a waterfall as a weekend home for the Kaufman family. After its completion, Time called it Wright's "most beautiful job," and it is listed among Smithsonian's Life List of 28 places to visit before you die. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1991, the AIA named Fallingwater the "best all-time work of American architecture" and in 2007, it was ranked 29th for the AIA's America's Favorite Architecture.

Photo of kentuck knob

Did you know that just a few miles away, there's another remarkable Wright house, Kentuck Knob, and its world-class outdoor sculpture garden? That's included.

Want to see more Modernist houses by Wright and his apprentices? You'll go to Polymath Park which is chock full of them! This is the Duncan House.

And this is the Lindholm House.


Join NCModernist's merry band of architectural adventurers as we make the pilgrimage to Fallingwater and all things Wright. This trip is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with virtually everything included.

TRIP INCLUDES

  • Roundtrip direct flight to Pittsburgh Intl Airport via American Airlines.

  • Our own air-conditioned touring bus with wifi.

  • Admissions and tours of Fallingwater, Kentuck Knob, the Warhol Museum, and Polymath Park with external photography permitted.

  • Double occupancy accommodations at the delightful Mount Pleasant Holiday Inn Express with free breakfast and free wifi.

  • Lunch both days.

  • Dinner on Saturday night. Sunday night dinner is on your own at the PIT airport.

SATURDAY

830am Arrive at RDU American Airlines ticket counter
930am Fly direct to Pittsburgh
11am Arrive Pittsburgh
1130 Lunch as we roll
12n Tour Andy Warhol Museum
3pm Arrive at Fallingwater, and shop the great Fallingwater Wright store
330pm Fallingwater Tour
530m Dinner
730m Arrive Hotel

SATURDAY

8am Breakfast at the Hotel, check out
930am Tour Kentuck Knob
12n Lunch and Tour Polymath Park
5pm Fly to RDU


  • Once full payment is made, there are no refunds for any reason except if NCModernist cancels the trip. However, you can transfer your place to another person with at least two weeks written notice to NCModernist.
  • All participants are required to sign a liability release before going on the trip.
  • The itinerary, number, and order of trip events are subject to change without notice or refund.
  • There is a small but possible risk of overnight stay if buses and/or flights are delayed, in which case participants are responsible for any additional costs of meals, lodging, transportation, and incidental expenses. The chances of this happening are very small, and it has never happened before on an NCModernist trip, but it could happen, so be prepared.
  • One personal item and one carry-on only.No checked luggage allowed.
  • Parking at RDU is not included.
  • Architects can get self-reported CEU hours if arranged in advance with the AIA.

Proceeds benefit USModernist's work in the documentation, preservation, and promotion of residential Modernist architecture. For questions, please call Executive Director George Smart at 919.740.8407.