Angelina Jolie's Christmas Gift To Brad Pitt Was…?

Angelina Jolie has once again proven that she isn’t an ordinary Hollywood actress. For the holidays, the “Salt” star’s gift to Brad Pitt was a waterfall, as well as its surrounding land.

According to sources, the present was also a birthday gift for her 48-year-old partner.

The property was meant to emulate Frank Lloyd Wright’s classic house, Fallingwater. Pitt and Jolie visited the 1935 home, built over a waterfall, in 2006. The actor allegedly fell in love with the home after reading about it in history class back in his college days.

“Brad has always loved Fallingwater and his first trip there was unforgettable,” a source told The Daily Mail. “Angelina wanted to get him something incredibly special and, because she knows how much he loves architecture, she thought this would be perfect.”

Sources says that the “Moneyball” actor will design a home to be build on the property. “Brad has dreamed of a home with the sound of a waterfall cascading under the house … Brad has always wanted to design his own house,” the source explains. “He wants to pull all aspects of nature, light, glass and varying levels into the concept.”

This isn’t the first time Pitt has worked in architecture. Back In 2007, after Hurricane Katrina, he started the Make It Right project, working with 13 architecture firms to help rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

“While acting is my career, architecture is my passion,” Pitt said in an earlier interview.

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