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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

It might be difficult foranyone looking at this today to see it as anything otherthan a...

It might be difficult for
anyone looking at this today to see it as anything other
than a slightly quirky, gable-fronted suburban house

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It might be difficult for anyone looking at this today
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to see it as anything other than a slightly quirky,
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gable-fronted suburban house.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:42
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.
It's only when you put it alongside - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's only when you put it alongside
You can see the faint outlines of the triangular pediment - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
You can see the faint outlines of the triangular pediment
The upper part of the house conveys - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The upper part of the house conveys
The rooms all flow one into another. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The rooms all flow one into another.
It must've been a huge surprise to people back in the 1880s. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It must've been a huge surprise to people back in the 1...
This is open plan, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
This is open plan,
The free flow of Wright's design - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
The free flow of Wright's design
He even inscribed these values above the hearth, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
He even inscribed these values above the hearth,
In its open spaces and its open spirit, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
In its open spaces and its open spirit,
Over the next few years, Wright's career took off. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Over the next few years, Wright's career took off.
His house attracted the attention of curious neighbours - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
His house attracted the attention of curious neighbours
He would eventually design over 50 houses for local clients. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
He would eventually design over 50 houses for local clients.
Many, like his own, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Many, like his own,
By now, Frank and Kitty had six children. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
By now, Frank and Kitty had six children.
Wright was in his late 30s - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Wright was in his late 30s
Every Sunday, Frank Lloyd Wright and his young family - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Every Sunday, Frank Lloyd Wright and his young family
It was vaguely gothic with a pretentious spire. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
It was vaguely gothic with a pretentious spire.
And then one night in 1905, it was struck by lightning - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
And then one night in 1905, it was struck by lightning
Wright's plans for the new building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
Wright's plans for the new building
Gone would be ornament, arches, and the showy spire. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Gone would be ornament, arches, and the showy spire.