Family Workshop: Why Are Blueprints Blue?

cyanotype process example to illustrate why architects used this technique to reproduce building plans.

October 18, 2025

Family Workshop: Why Are Blueprints Blue?

Participants will learn about the history of blueprints, and why this artistic photographic process became so important to architecture! They will create their cyanotype print to take home, using the same process Frank Lloyd Wright once used.

You may also want to consider taking a Family Tour prior to the workshop. Details here.

Time:
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Date: 
October 18, 2025

Price:
Youth $30
Adult “Design Assistant” $15

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A composite image showing four different architectural drawings and blueprints of varying styles and complexity.

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