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Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice House Featured in ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Hits the Market

The eight-bedroom home that was recently featured on the hit TV show “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is
located on nearly two acres of land in New Jersey and is on the market for $2.5 million.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jan 13, 2020

Water Cycle in a Jar

When building a structure by or on water, it’s important the architect has a good understanding of the element, and how it functions in its different forms. In this activity, you’ll create and witness the water cycle by using four everyday supplies.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jan 8, 2020

Living with Nature: Passive Energy Techniques

As the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation embraces more sustainable, innovative practices in our preservation work and beyond, we’re sharing some of these methods, and providing some tips on how you can incorporate these practices into your own home and life. Here, we discuss how Frank Lloyd Wright used the natural environment to create more comfortable structures.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 23, 2019

How well do you know Frank Lloyd Wright?

Take this quiz to test your knowledge of the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 17, 2019

The Atom Brick x Frank Lloyd Wright: Q&A with Founder Adam Reed Tucker

The Atom Brick, a company that seeks to inspire today’s builders to create the world around them using interconnecting bricks, collaborated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to produce three of Wright’s most well-known buildings.

To learn more about what went into creating these building kits, we spoke with Adam Reed Tucker, founder and design-visionary at The Atom Brick.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 12, 2019

The Form and Function of Science Fiction

Science fiction and architecture are both practices that imagine—and critique—new worlds. Frank Lloyd Wright’s work was both a critique of the way we build and a projection about how our built world could change. Wright wasn’t just designing a new built environment, his work was always also addressing the political and economic architecture of future societies. Some particular examples of the way in which his projects have been used in science fiction show the complicated relationship between his social and spatial imaginations.

Fred Scharmen | Nov 15, 2019

Make Your Own Origami Cube: An Introduction to Architecture 101

The cube is an essential building block of architecture when it comes to understanding the built environment. In this hands-on activity we blend the geometric forms Frank Lloyd Wright was inspired by with the Japanese art of paper folding.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Nov 13, 2019

Learning by Doing Part 5 – The Whole is to the Part as the Part is to the Whole

In the final part of her learning by doing series, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 2018-2019 Graphic Design Fellow Meagan Vanderhill reflects on the process and dissects what she learned from applying Wright’s principles to her life.

Meagan Vanderhill | Nov 12, 2019

New Jewelry Collection Inspired by the Cabaret Theatre at Taliesin West

Inspired by the light and use of shape in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Cabaret Theatre at Taliesin West, Phoenix artist Jason Catlin created a collection of jewelry using 3D scanning technology. We spoke with him to learn more about his process and what inspires him about Wright’s work.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Oct 23, 2019