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As the building rose, steel rods
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

As the building rose, steel rods were threaded between them for support

As the building rose, steel rods were threaded between them for support

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As the building rose, steel rods
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were threaded between them for support.
Duration
6 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:31
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.
Wright liked to say he was weaving here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright liked to say he was weaving here,
You have the steel rods running along these joints, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
You have the steel rods running along these joints,
He also said that he wanted to elevate - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
He also said that he wanted to elevate
Entering the Ennis' House - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Entering the Ennis' House
The forbidding exterior really gives you - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The forbidding exterior really gives you
Inside, the house is made from exactly - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:17
Inside, the house is made from exactly
Being inside this rock-like structure - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Being inside this rock-like structure
No idea how far it extends or where you're being taken, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
No idea how far it extends or where you're being taken,
There's a timelessness and a drama to the Ennis House, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
There's a timelessness and a drama to the Ennis House,
It's been featured in horror films and thrillers, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
It's been featured in horror films and thrillers,
The sheer originality of Wright's creation - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The sheer originality of Wright's creation
It's remarkable, given how - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It's remarkable, given how
The Ennis House was a triumph for Frank Lloyd Wright, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
The Ennis House was a triumph for Frank Lloyd Wright,
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
(gentle music)
Their relationship became mired in scandal, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Their relationship became mired in scandal,
(bells chiming) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
(bells chiming)
Always a spendthrift, he was finally flat broke. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Always a spendthrift, he was finally flat broke.
Now in his mid-60s, Wright was coming to be seen - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Now in his mid-60s, Wright was coming to be seen
Then, at Taliesin, something remarkable happened. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Then, at Taliesin, something remarkable happened.
A plan was hatched that would define Wright's later life. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
A plan was hatched that would define Wright's later lif...