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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

(bells chiming) The Wall Street Crash of 1929 decimated American architecture, and for...

(bells chiming) The Wall Street Crash of 1929 decimated American architecture, and for three years, Frank Lloyd Wright had not a single commission

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(bells chiming)
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The Wall Street Crash of 1929
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decimated American architecture,
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and for three years, Frank Lloyd Wright
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had not a single commission.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:42
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.
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...
The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright
(soft piano music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
(soft piano music)
It provided him with young men and women who wanted to learn - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
It provided him with young men and women who wanted to learn
They were cooking and cleaning, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
They were cooking and cleaning,
- Mr Wright said, "This is not a school - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
- Mr Wright said, "This is not a school
"You're here to help me with my work, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
"You're here to help me with my work,
It's as though there was a real magician, not a fake, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's as though there was a real magician, not a fake,
- But in the huge drafting room at Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
- But in the huge drafting room at Taliesin,
All Wright and his apprentices could do - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
All Wright and his apprentices could do
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)