Lesson Plans

Explore and research Wright’s Johnson Wax Administration Building, then create plans for a workspace of your own.

Consider how colors in nature can inspire the color palette of a building design. Practice mixing paint colors to closely match the palette of Fallingwater.

Learn about the leaves found in Wright’s designs and create printed patterns using leaves.

Record and reflect on the small details of life, then create block prints inspired by this reflection.

Engage in birdwatching field work, then create a scratchboard drawing of a bird native to the area.

Explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s remodeling of the Rookery Light Court and propose new updates for the building.

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.