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All Wright and his apprentices could do
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

All Wright and his apprentices could do was to draw and dream

All Wright and his apprentices could do was to draw and dream

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All Wright and his apprentices could do
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was to draw and dream.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:12
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.
The result would relaunch Frank Lloyd Wright's career - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The result would relaunch Frank Lloyd Wright's career
In 1933, a wealthy Pittsburgh businessman, Edgar Kaufmann, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
In 1933, a wealthy Pittsburgh businessman, Edgar Kaufmann,
As chance would have it, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
As chance would have it,
Wright and Kaufmann met and the deal was done. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
Wright and Kaufmann met and the deal was done.
The story of the origins of Kaufmann's new house - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The story of the origins of Kaufmann's new house
Frank Lloyd Wright visited - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
Frank Lloyd Wright visited
(dramatic music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
(dramatic music)
Could he call by and look at Frank's plans - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
Could he call by and look at Frank's plans
Wright sat down in his drafting room - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Wright sat down in his drafting room
What he had designed has been called - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
What he had designed has been called
80 years on from its construction, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
80 years on from its construction,
I've been looking at buildings for a very long time now, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
I've been looking at buildings for a very long time now...
- Fallingwater that's the one quintessential building to me. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
- Fallingwater that's the one quintessential building t...
It's the way it's situated in its landscape, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
It's the way it's situated in its landscape,
In our minds it's a vast city of horizontals and verticals. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
In our minds it's a vast city of horizontals and vertic...
- Now, the fundamental call that Wright made - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
- Now, the fundamental call that Wright made
Edgar Kaufmann had expected that his new house - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Edgar Kaufmann had expected that his new house
Nobody anticipated that Wright would site the building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
Nobody anticipated that Wright would site the building
The huge slab of rock from which the water drops - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
The huge slab of rock from which the water drops
The effect is to harmonise the building with its setting, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
The effect is to harmonise the building with its setting,