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All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove to create buildings that expressed an idea of how...

All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove to create buildings that expressed an idea of how we should live
and understand the world

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All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove
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to create buildings that expressed an idea
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of how we should live and understand the world.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:33
Uploaded
Jun 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Wildflame Productions

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Movie Summary

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.
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,