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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

(lively music) While Fallingwater was being built, work was progressing rapidly on a...

(lively music) While Fallingwater was being built, work was progressing rapidly on a second breakthrough project

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While Fallingwater was being built,
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work was progressing rapidly
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on a second breakthrough project.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:11
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.
The site could hardly have been more different, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
The site could hardly have been more different,
The commission didn't sound inspiring either, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The commission didn't sound inspiring either,
But, once again, Wright worked his magic. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
But, once again, Wright worked his magic.
When you look at it today, the Johnson Wax Building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
When you look at it today, the Johnson Wax Building
Even on a grey day like this, it still fills me - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Even on a grey day like this, it still fills me
It's when you step inside though, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It's when you step inside though,
The great workroom of the SC Johnson Building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
The great workroom of the SC Johnson Building
Wright's answer to the dreary surroundings - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright's answer to the dreary surroundings
Instead, he created an artificial, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Instead, he created an artificial,
Delicate light enters through patterns of Pyrex tubes, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
Delicate light enters through patterns of Pyrex tubes,
The beauty of Wright's design was clear for all to see. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The beauty of Wright's design was clear for all to see.
But back in the 1930s, the technical challenge - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
But back in the 1930s, the technical challenge
These extraordinary columns were like nothing - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
These extraordinary columns were like nothing
Wright, as confident a showman as he was an engineer, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Wright, as confident a showman as he was an engineer,
Six tonnes of sandbags were loaded onto the column. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
Six tonnes of sandbags were loaded onto the column.
The officials were satisfied, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
The officials were satisfied,
Wright strode up to the column, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright strode up to the column,
It was only when the wooden props holding the column - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
It was only when the wooden props holding the column
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