Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Classroom: Shaped House

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jul 29, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright designed many homes using only one shape as his guide, while still managing to incorporate the nature of the home’s location. For this activity, you and your family will choose a nature setting and one shape with the goal of designing a home using just one shape that also reflects its environment.

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SHAPED HOUSE

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Send your sketches illustrating a home that uses just one shape to reflect the nature or environment around it to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Facebook page.

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