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Taliesin West is such a unique and beautiful place
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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

Taliesin West is such aunique and beautiful place

Taliesin West is such a
unique and beautiful place

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Taliesin West is such a unique and beautiful place.
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00:48:53
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
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documentary
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Wildflame Productions

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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 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,
Wright called it desert masonry, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
Wright called it desert masonry,
The massive walls of Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The massive walls of Taliesin West
It was so delicate it had to be replaced each year, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
It was so delicate it had to be replaced each year,
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
(gentle music)
It was a kind of natural air conditioning, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It was a kind of natural air conditioning,
It was actually green architecture - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It was actually green architecture
The open, airy world of Taliesin West created a relaxed, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
The open, airy world of Taliesin West created a relaxed,
Today, it's home to the Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Today, it's home to the Frank Lloyd Wright
The allure of Frank Lloyd Wright lives on. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The allure of Frank Lloyd Wright lives on.
- When you see the level of freedom - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:23
- When you see the level of freedom
- The years passed, and Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
- The years passed, and Frank Lloyd Wright
He was now the grand old man of American architecture, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
He was now the grand old man of American architecture,
- [Interviewer] I understand that last week, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
- [Interviewer] I understand that last week,
"I could change the nation." - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
"I could change the nation."
- He continued to work tirelessly, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
- He continued to work tirelessly,
(bright upbeat music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
(bright upbeat music)
But, in the self-proclaimed capital - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
But, in the self-proclaimed capital