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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

And what's more, the same materials are used inside and outside, so that interior...

And what's more, the same materials are used inside and outside, so that interior and
exterior flow together

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And what's more, the same materials
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are used inside and outside,
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so that interior and exterior flow together.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:18
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.
Windows are low and linear, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
Windows are low and linear,
(dramatic music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
(dramatic music)
What he meant was that the philosophy of the building, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
What he meant was that the philosophy of the building,
In this case, a building that belongs to its hill - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
In this case, a building that belongs to its hill
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney
Around the building, he carved the Welsh symbol - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Around the building, he carved the Welsh symbol
But the dream of this new world wasn't to last. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
But the dream of this new world wasn't to last.
Taliesin, like almost all large houses of its time, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
Taliesin, like almost all large houses of its time,
In 1914, a new servant was taken on at Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
In 1914, a new servant was taken on at Taliesin,
One day, in September when Frank Lloyd Wright was away, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
One day, in September when Frank Lloyd Wright was away,
While Mamah and her children were sitting down to lunch, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
While Mamah and her children were sitting down to lunch,
(fire crackling) Using petrol, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
(fire crackling) Using petrol,
As its terrified residents fled, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
As its terrified residents fled,
Seven people died here, including Mamah Cheney - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Seven people died here, including Mamah Cheney
The seemingly senseless slaughter made national headlines. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The seemingly senseless slaughter made national headlines.
He starved himself to death in jail two months later. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
He starved himself to death in jail two months later.
(sombre music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
(sombre music)
The years after the calamity were turbulent ones - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The years after the calamity were turbulent ones
He had gone from the happiest time of his life - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
He had gone from the happiest time of his life
He threw himself into the rebuilding of Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
He threw himself into the rebuilding of Taliesin,