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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

Cellars and attics vanished and houses spread out, low to the ground

Cellars and attics vanished and houses spread out, low to the ground

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Cellars and attics vanished
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and houses spread out, low to the ground.
Duration
7 seconds
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26
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:00
Uploaded
Jul 01, 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 was inspired by the vast open spaces - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright was inspired by the vast open spaces
The buildings even became known as prairie houses. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The buildings even became known as prairie houses.
He brought this early vision to perfection - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
He brought this early vision to perfection
It sailed through an open green landscape, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It sailed through an open green landscape,
The Robie House looked as modern and powerful - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The Robie House looked as modern and powerful
The huge projecting roof was Wright's most daring to date. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The huge projecting roof was Wright's most daring to da...
Inside too, Wright used this building to experiment, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Inside too, Wright used this building to experiment,
(door creaking) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
(door creaking)
And as you climb the stairs, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
And as you climb the stairs,
But then you're forced to turn, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
But then you're forced to turn,
And one final turn, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
And one final turn,
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
(gentle music)
In the unlimited free flow of the Robie House, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
In the unlimited free flow of the Robie House,
One final thing about the Robie House - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
One final thing about the Robie House
You got the furniture too, which Wright designed, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
You got the furniture too, which Wright designed,
Curtain and blinds were out, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Curtain and blinds were out,
Wright had astonishing self-belief, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Wright had astonishing self-belief,
He called interior decorators inferior desecrators, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
He called interior decorators inferior desecrators,
In the case of the Robie House, he even designed - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
In the case of the Robie House, he even designed
(uptempo piano music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:19
(uptempo piano music)