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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

Inside, the Guggenheim wasthe logical culmination of Wright's lifelongdesire to open up...

Inside, the Guggenheim was
the logical culmination of Wright's lifelong
desire to open up interiors and create a free flow of space

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Inside, the Guggenheim was the logical culmination
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of Wright's lifelong desire to open up interiors
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and create a free flow of space.
Duration
10 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:14
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.
It's a building with just one room, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It's a building with just one room,
Others, like me, would rather begin at the bottom. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
Others, like me, would rather begin at the bottom.
But once you're on your way, Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
But once you're on your way, Frank Lloyd Wright
In traditional museums, you're sometimes not sure - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
In traditional museums, you're sometimes not sure
You can see where you're going, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
You can see where you're going,
You're drawn naturally up the path, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:14
You're drawn naturally up the path,
You're not just looking at art, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
You're not just looking at art,
Back in the 1950s, however, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Back in the 1950s, however,
The sloping walls they said - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The sloping walls they said
The windows would allow in too much or too little light, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The windows would allow in too much or too little light,
In the end, that un-Wright-ian thing, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
In the end, that un-Wright-ian thing,
The colour was off white, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
The colour was off white,
- I'd say I like the building more, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
- I'd say I like the building more,
What we like to say to one another - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
What we like to say to one another
It was a bloody expensive building, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:14
It was a bloody expensive building,
- Frank Lloyd Wright died in April 1959, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
- Frank Lloyd Wright died in April 1959,
His life had encompassed a huge swathe of history. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
His life had encompassed a huge swathe of history.
Born in the wake of the American Civil War, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Born in the wake of the American Civil War,
He had changed architecture not just in America, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
He had changed architecture not just in America,
Frank Lloyd Wright was laid to rest in the one place - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
Frank Lloyd Wright was laid to rest in the one place