Teaching by Design: for Educators | Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

Thank you to all our educators who participated in Teaching by Design this school year! We brought content to over 75 teachers and an estimated 7,683 students during the 2024-2025 school year. While this year’s programming is finished, check back here and on our social media for new dates in Fall of 2025.

In the meantime, enjoy some photos from last year’s programming!

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At our Biomimicry: Inspired by Nature event in February, educators collaborated on biomimetic design solutions to address real world problems.

During the Biomimicry: Inspired by Nature session, educators collaborate in teams to create architectural models that meet specific design requirements.

Educators visited the Keller Center on the UChicago campus during Biomimicry: Inspired by Nature. The Keller Center is a sustainable and biomimetic building which the educators compared to Robie House, where the event was hosted.

During The Wright 3: Pentominoes and Geometry session, teachers work with 2D pentominoes in Robie House’s playroom to create architectural floorplans.

Inspired by the characters of the Wright 3, participants in the The Wright 3: Pentominoes and Geometry session stand on Robie House’s front porch and write a poem about their experience in the space.

A few educators listen to docents at the Driehaus Museum and compare the architectural styles of Wright and the gilded age Nickerson Mansion. The Driehaus hosted Evenings for Educators in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust during the exhibition Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright.

During a guided tour, participants stop and take in the views of the Nickerson Mansion during Evenings for Educators: Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright.

Educators learn about the elements of photography from artist and photographer, Lisa Lindvay, before taking their own polaroid pictures, during the Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright session.

For more information, please contact Channing Tackaberry, Manager for Education, at educate@flwright.org or 319.573.9862.

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