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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

By now, Frank LloydWright was 70 years old, and life was good

By now, Frank Lloyd
Wright was 70 years old, and life was good

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By now, Frank Lloyd Wright was 70 years old,
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and life was good.
Duration
6 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:15
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.
His home was still Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
His home was still Taliesin,
He was happily married to Olgivanna, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:18
He was happily married to Olgivanna,
(bright upbeat music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
(bright upbeat music)
The cars were packed with provisions, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
The cars were packed with provisions,
From now on, winter would be spent at a new home in the sun. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
From now on, winter would be spent at a new home in the sun.
The parched Arizona desert was the most extreme environment - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The parched Arizona desert was the most extreme environment
It would test his philosophy - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
It would test his philosophy
Taliesin West is such a unique and beautiful place. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Taliesin West is such a unique and beautiful place.
It was designed and constructed over seven years, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
It was designed and constructed over seven years,
Taliesin West was constructed entirely - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Taliesin West was constructed entirely
Building supplies were hard to come by in the desert, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Building supplies were hard to come by in the desert,
Wright called it desert masonry, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
Wright called it desert masonry,
The massive walls of Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The massive walls of Taliesin West
It was so delicate it had to be replaced each year, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
It was so delicate it had to be replaced each year,
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
(gentle music)
It was a kind of natural air conditioning, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It was a kind of natural air conditioning,
It was actually green architecture - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It was actually green architecture
The open, airy world of Taliesin West created a relaxed, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
The open, airy world of Taliesin West created a relaxed,
Today, it's home to the Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Today, it's home to the Frank Lloyd Wright
The allure of Frank Lloyd Wright lives on. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The allure of Frank Lloyd Wright lives on.