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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright would offer apprenticeships

The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright would offer apprenticeships

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The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright
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would offer apprenticeships.
Duration
4 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:41
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.
(soft piano music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
(soft piano music)
It provided him with young men and women who wanted to learn - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
It provided him with young men and women who wanted to learn
They were cooking and cleaning, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
They were cooking and cleaning,
- Mr Wright said, "This is not a school - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
- Mr Wright said, "This is not a school
"You're here to help me with my work, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:15
"You're here to help me with my work,
It's as though there was a real magician, not a fake, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's as though there was a real magician, not a fake,
- But in the huge drafting room at Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
- But in the huge drafting room at Taliesin,
All Wright and his apprentices could do - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
All Wright and his apprentices could do
The result would relaunch Frank Lloyd Wright's career - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The result would relaunch Frank Lloyd Wright's career
In 1933, a wealthy Pittsburgh businessman, Edgar Kaufmann, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
In 1933, a wealthy Pittsburgh businessman, Edgar Kaufmann,
As chance would have it, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
As chance would have it,
Wright and Kaufmann met and the deal was done. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
Wright and Kaufmann met and the deal was done.
The story of the origins of Kaufmann's new house - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The story of the origins of Kaufmann's new house
Frank Lloyd Wright visited - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
Frank Lloyd Wright visited
(dramatic music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
(dramatic music)
Could he call by and look at Frank's plans - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
Could he call by and look at Frank's plans
Wright sat down in his drafting room - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Wright sat down in his drafting room
What he had designed has been called - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
What he had designed has been called
80 years on from its construction, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
80 years on from its construction,
I've been looking at buildings for a very long time now, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
I've been looking at buildings for a very long time now...