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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

What emerged instead was Unity Temple, the world's first truly modern building

What emerged instead was Unity Temple, the world's first truly modern building

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What emerged instead was Unity Temple,
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the world's first truly modern building.
Duration
8 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:24
Uploaded
Jun 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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.
Few people even today would guess that this is a church. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Few people even today would guess that this is a church.
The very material that Unity Temple is constructed from - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The very material that Unity Temple is constructed from
These walls, and every detail of the exterior, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
These walls, and every detail of the exterior,
Wright's justification was that it was cheap, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Wright's justification was that it was cheap,
But Wright's real reason for using concrete - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
But Wright's real reason for using concrete
It put Frank Lloyd Wright just where he wanted to be, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It put Frank Lloyd Wright just where he wanted to be,
If the exterior of Unity Temple - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:19
If the exterior of Unity Temple
The sanctuary of Unity Temple is a perfect square. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
The sanctuary of Unity Temple is a perfect square.
Golden light streams in through coloured glass - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Golden light streams in through coloured glass
It is hard to figure out - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It is hard to figure out
This capacity to worship - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
This capacity to worship
- Wright based the distinctive - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:16
- Wright based the distinctive
It's said that they prayed for ivy - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
It's said that they prayed for ivy
All the while that Unity Temple was taking shape, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
All the while that Unity Temple was taking shape,
By now, he had his own architectural practise, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
By now, he had his own architectural practise,
Pointed roofs had started to flatten out, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Pointed roofs had started to flatten out,
Cellars and attics vanished - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Cellars and attics vanished
Wright was inspired by the vast open spaces - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright was inspired by the vast open spaces
The buildings even became known as prairie houses. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The buildings even became known as prairie houses.
He brought this early vision to perfection - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
He brought this early vision to perfection