Lesson Plans

Study and evaluate Frank Lloyd Wright’s Midway Gardens before designing an entertainment center for today’s world.

Consider the role of pattern in design and then design a unique pattern for a model community.

Explore two notable Wright-inspired Prairie style buildings in the Chicago parks system and design an original Prairie style park structure.

Create a geometric skylight design.

Create a Wright-inspired viewfinder to explore how nature and geometry are related.

Explore how changing social attitudes and new technologies impact architecture by observing the evolution of Frank Lloyd Wright’s kitchen designs.

Study the floorplan design of Unity Temple, considering how the design may provoke an emotional response from the visitor.

Based on your own definition of organic design, research and identify historical and contemporary examples of organic architecture.

Discover how elements of design can be applied to clothing, then design a unique garment inspired by Wright’s architecture.

Learn about Frank Lloyd Wright’s plan for a city of the future, Broadacre City, then apply your own design philosophy to create a building for the future.

Discover how colors and patterns are repeated throughout Wright’s interior spaces. Then, apply those colors and patterns to an original weaving.

Explore geometric and organic shapes in the design of a local park, then design a new outdoor space, incorporating geometric shapes to connect visitors to nature.