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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

I'm Jonathan Adams, anarchitect from Wales, and my 30-year career hastaken me all over the...

I'm Jonathan Adams, an
architect from Wales, and my 30-year career has
taken me all over the world

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I'm Jonathan Adams, an architect from Wales,
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and my 30-year career has taken me all over the world.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:45
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.
Throughout it all, Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Throughout it all, Frank Lloyd Wright
Now, I'm going to travel across America to get to know - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Now, I'm going to travel across America to get to know
I want to understand how they were conceived, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
I want to understand how they were conceived,
Most of all, I want to explore the underlying philosophy - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Most of all, I want to explore the underlying philosophy
Frank Lloyd Wright called it organic architecture, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:14
Frank Lloyd Wright called it organic architecture,
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
(gentle music)
(people chatting) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:18
(people chatting)
The Guggenheim isn't just something - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The Guggenheim isn't just something
All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
All his life, Frank Lloyd Wright strove
I'd like to have architecture that belonged - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
I'd like to have architecture that belonged
And the letters we receive from our clients - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
And the letters we receive from our clients
(bright music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
(bright music)
Through it all, he stuck to a personal creed - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Through it all, he stuck to a personal creed
They sound like thoroughly American ideals. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
They sound like thoroughly American ideals.
But, I think, to understand what really shaped - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
But, I think, to understand what really shaped
(upbeat music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
(upbeat music)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Welsh roots are no secret. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Frank Lloyd Wright's Welsh roots are no secret.
He was proud of them and spoke of them all his life. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
He was proud of them and spoke of them all his life.
His mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, was born in 1838 - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
His mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, was born in 1838
Her family was large and devout, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Her family was large and devout,