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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

The effect is to harmonisethe building with its setting, something conspicuously manmade,...

The effect is to harmonise
the building with its setting, something conspicuously manmade, yet in sympathy with nature

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The effect is to harmonise the building with its setting,
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something conspicuously manmade,
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yet in sympathy with nature.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:44
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.
(gentle music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
(gentle music)
The floor is polished stone, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
The floor is polished stone,
The long lines of windows lift you into the treetops, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
The long lines of windows lift you into the treetops,
There's a wonderful feeling of security here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
There's a wonderful feeling of security here,
There's even room at Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
There's even room at Fallingwater
After barren years, Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
After barren years, Fallingwater
No other building of Wright's more clearly expresses - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
No other building of Wright's more clearly expresses
The waterfall on its own was undoubtedly beautiful, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The waterfall on its own was undoubtedly beautiful,
Very few buildings anywhere from any time in history, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Very few buildings anywhere from any time in history,
(lively music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
(lively music)
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,