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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

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Frank Lloyd Wright is America's greatest ever architect. But few people know about the Welsh roots that shaped his life and world-famous buildings. Now, leading Welsh architect Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces for himself. Along the way, he uncovers the tempestuous life story of the man behind them, and the secrets of his radical Welsh background.
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Ian Michael Jones
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2017
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documentary
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Wildflame Productions
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Buildings like the Guggenheim Museum, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
Buildings like the Guggenheim Museum,
But I think the true nature of - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
But I think the true nature of
I'm Jonathan Adams, an architect from Wales, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
I'm Jonathan Adams, an architect from Wales,
Throughout it all, Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Throughout it all, Frank Lloyd Wright
Now, I'm going to travel across America to get to know - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Now, I'm going to travel across America to get to know
I want to understand how they were conceived, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
I want to understand how they were conceived,
Most of all, I want to explore the underlying philosophy - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Most of all, I want to explore the underlying philosophy
Frank Lloyd Wright called it organic architecture, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:14
Frank Lloyd Wright called it organic architecture,
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
(gentle music)
(people chatting) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:18
(people chatting)
The Guggenheim isn't just something - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The Guggenheim isn't just something
All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove
I'd like to have architecture that belonged - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
I'd like to have architecture that belonged
And the letters we receive from our clients - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
And the letters we receive from our clients
(bright music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
(bright music)
Through it all, he stuck to a personal creed - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Through it all, he stuck to a personal creed
They sound like thoroughly American ideals. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
They sound like thoroughly American ideals.
But, I think, to understand what really shaped - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
But, I think, to understand what really shaped
(upbeat music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
(upbeat music)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Welsh roots are no secret. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Frank Lloyd Wright's Welsh roots are no secret.
He was proud of them and spoke of them all his life. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
He was proud of them and spoke of them all his life.
His mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, was born in 1838 - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
His mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, was born in 1838
Her family was large and devout, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Her family was large and devout,
All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright would draw inspiration - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright would draw inspiration
- Unitarianists see God in anything and in all things. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
- Unitarianists see God in anything and in all things.
We often talk of the wonder, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
We often talk of the wonder,
We've always placed a huge emphasis - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
We've always placed a huge emphasis
Unitarianism fit in with the people here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:14
Unitarianism fit in with the people here,
- It might have been the search for religious freedom - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
- It might have been the search for religious freedom
(bright music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
(bright music)
The family sailed to New York, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
The family sailed to New York,
What they were looking for was something familiar, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
What they were looking for was something familiar,
Finally, they came upon their new Wales, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Finally, they came upon their new Wales,
To Frank Lloyd Wright, this place would become a lifelong - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
To Frank Lloyd Wright, this place would become a lifelong
- The valley that they chose to live in - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
- The valley that they chose to live in
They didn't really want to become Americans, you know. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
They didn't really want to become Americans, you know.
They wanted to be Welsh on American soil. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
They wanted to be Welsh on American soil.
- It was into this world that in 1867, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
- It was into this world that in 1867,
(birds chirping) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
(birds chirping)
For the rest of his days, he would look back - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
For the rest of his days, he would look back
(soft piano music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
(soft piano music)
After studying engineering at a local college, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
After studying engineering at a local college,
As luck would have it, the nearest city was one - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
As luck would have it, the nearest city was one
New styles of building were being created here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
New styles of building were being created here,
Before long, Wright's youthful energy and talent - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
Before long, Wright's youthful energy and talent
Catherine Tobin, known as Kitty, was just 16 when they met. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Catherine Tobin, known as Kitty, was just 16 when they met.
Within two years, they were married - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Within two years, they were married
Borrowing money from his boss, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:14
Borrowing money from his boss,
It might be difficult for anyone looking at this today - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
It might be difficult for anyone looking at this today
It's only when you put it alongside - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's only when you put it alongside
You can see the faint outlines of the triangular pediment - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
You can see the faint outlines of the triangular pediment
The upper part of the house conveys - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The upper part of the house conveys
The rooms all flow one into another. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The rooms all flow one into another.
It must've been a huge surprise to people back in the 1880s. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It must've been a huge surprise to people back in the 1...
This is open plan, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
This is open plan,
The free flow of Wright's design - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
The free flow of Wright's design
He even inscribed these values above the hearth, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
He even inscribed these values above the hearth,
In its open spaces and its open spirit, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
In its open spaces and its open spirit,
Over the next few years, Wright's career took off. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Over the next few years, Wright's career took off.
His house attracted the attention of curious neighbours - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
His house attracted the attention of curious neighbours
He would eventually design over 50 houses for local clients. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
He would eventually design over 50 houses for local clients.
Many, like his own, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Many, like his own,
By now, Frank and Kitty had six children. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
By now, Frank and Kitty had six children.
Wright was in his late 30s - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Wright was in his late 30s
Every Sunday, Frank Lloyd Wright and his young family - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Every Sunday, Frank Lloyd Wright and his young family
It was vaguely gothic with a pretentious spire. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
It was vaguely gothic with a pretentious spire.
And then one night in 1905, it was struck by lightning - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
And then one night in 1905, it was struck by lightning
Wright's plans for the new building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
Wright's plans for the new building
Gone would be ornament, arches, and the showy spire. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Gone would be ornament, arches, and the showy spire.
What emerged instead was Unity Temple, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
What emerged instead was Unity Temple,
Few people even today would guess that this is a church. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Few people even today would guess that this is a church.
The very material that Unity Temple is constructed from - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The very material that Unity Temple is constructed from
These walls, and every detail of the exterior, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
These walls, and every detail of the exterior,
Wright's justification was that it was cheap, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Wright's justification was that it was cheap,
But Wright's real reason for using concrete - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
But Wright's real reason for using concrete
It put Frank Lloyd Wright just where he wanted to be, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It put Frank Lloyd Wright just where he wanted to be,
If the exterior of Unity Temple - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:19
If the exterior of Unity Temple
The sanctuary of Unity Temple is a perfect square. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The sanctuary of Unity Temple is a perfect square.
Golden light streams in through coloured glass - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Golden light streams in through coloured glass
It is hard to figure out - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It is hard to figure out
This capacity to worship - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
This capacity to worship
- Wright based the distinctive - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
- Wright based the distinctive
It's said that they prayed for ivy - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It's said that they prayed for ivy
All the while that Unity Temple was taking shape, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
All the while that Unity Temple was taking shape,
By now, he had his own architectural practise, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
By now, he had his own architectural practise,
Pointed roofs had started to flatten out, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Pointed roofs had started to flatten out,
Cellars and attics vanished - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Cellars and attics vanished
Wright was inspired by the vast open spaces - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright was inspired by the vast open spaces
The buildings even became known as prairie houses. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The buildings even became known as prairie houses.
He brought this early vision to perfection - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
He brought this early vision to perfection
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Frank Lloyd Wright is America's greatest ever architect. But few people know about the Welsh roots that shaped his life and world-famous buildings. Now, leading Welsh architect Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces for himself. Along the way, he uncovers the tempestuous life story of the man behind them, and the secrets of his radical Welsh background.

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Director: Ian Michael Jones
Writer: Ian Michael Jones
Production: Wildflame Productions
Genre: documentary
Year: 2017
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ImdbRating: 7.6
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Released: 26 Aug 2017
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Homepage: https://wildflameproductions.com/productions/frank-lloyd-wright-the-man-who-built-america/

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