Which figure is an architect famous for cantilevers and Falling Water?

• A. Le Corbusier
• B. Frank Lloyd Wright
• C. Louis Sullivan
• D. Mies van der Rohe

Answer: (B)

Cantilevers are slabs that extend beyond their supports, creating dramatic overhangs. Frank Lloyd Wright used this idea to weave architecture into its natural setting, most famously in Fallingwater, the house built over a Pennsylvania waterfall. The design places expansive cantilevered terraces that seem to hover above the rocks and stream, embodying Wright’s approach of organic architecture where the building grows from and respects the landscape. That connection to Fallingwater and his signature use of cantilevered forms makes him the architect associated with both concepts. Le Corbusier, Sullivan, and Mies van der Rohe are pivotal figures in other modernist movements, known for different innovations, not this specific combination.