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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

It was only when the woodenprops holding the column upright were removed thatit finally...

It was only when the wooden
props holding the column upright were removed that
it finally crashed down

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It was only when the wooden props holding the column
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upright were removed that it finally crashed down.
Duration
7 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:27
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.
There was so much weight on it that a sewer - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
There was so much weight on it that a sewer
The strength and ingenuity of Wright's columns - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The strength and ingenuity of Wright's columns
It embodied his lifelong Unitarian belief - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
It embodied his lifelong Unitarian belief
When you're working here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
When you're working here,
With the sun streaming down through the - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
With the sun streaming down through the
- The twin triumphs of the Johnson Wax Building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
- The twin triumphs of the Johnson Wax Building
It's been said that American lives have no second act. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It's been said that American lives have no second act.
Well, here was one, perhaps bigger - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Well, here was one, perhaps bigger
By now, Frank Lloyd Wright was 70 years old, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
By now, Frank Lloyd Wright was 70 years old,
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,