Home and Studio Syllabus

The Oak Park Home and Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright

DAY 1
Reading for 9-17-19

1. Introduction Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
2. Architecture 101
3. The Wright Family
4. Wright - The Five Influences
5. Wright - Organic Architecture

DAY 2
Reading for 9-19-19

1. The Oak Park Home and Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright pp. 1-17 (Text books will be supplied on the first night of class)
2. Prairie Style
3. Wright - His Oak Park Studio

DAY 3
Reading for 9-21-19

1. The Oak Park Home and Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright pp. 18-28
2. Architecture - Residential Architecture of the 19th and 20th Centuries
3. Interpretation and Tour Presentation
4. Home and Studio Core Tour Fact Sheet
5. Forest Avenue Walking Tour

Supplemental Resources and Readings

1. Acknowledgements & Copyright
2. An Architect's Studio
3. Architects in the Oak Park Studio
4. Artists Who Worked With Wright
5. Bibliography
6. FLW Genealogy
7. Glossary of Art and Architectural Terms
8. Home and Studio - What's Wright?
9. Hyde Park and University of Chicago History
10. Oak Park and River Forest History
11. Other Prairie School Architects
12. Residential Architecture of 19th and 20th Centuries
13. Safety, Security and Logistics & Museum Behavior
14. The House Beautiful
15. Training for Interpretation - Five Objectives
16. William C. Wright Genealogy
17. Wright's Early Career
18. Wright's Later Work
19. History of Ownership and Use of Frank Lloyd Wright
20. Suggested Reading on Frank Lloyd Wright