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Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities

"Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids" introduces young readers to the fascinating life, philosophy, and enduring legacy of America’s most famous architect. The book explores how Wright’s childhood love for nature, geometric Froebel blocks, and rural landscapes inspired his revolutionary "Organic Architecture," leading to masterpieces like Fallingwater and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Alongside a rich, detailed biography filled with archival photographs and historical context, this book features 21 engaging, hands-on activities. Children can test their structural engineering skills by making a model of a cantilevered building, designing a stained-glass window pattern using geometric shapes, or creating their own organic floor plans, encouraging a deeper understanding of architectural design.

Where is it?

03990720.92 THO fElementary School LibraryAvailable

Book information

Call number
720.92 THO f
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois, United Stat : Chicago Review Press , 1994
Collation
x, 134 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
155652207X
Series
For Kids series
Classification
720

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