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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

With the sun streaming down through the glass tubing in the ceiling and creating these...

with the sun streaming down through the glass tubing in the ceiling and creating these wonderful vistas of a sense of outdoorness

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with the sun streaming down through the
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glass tubing in the ceiling
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and creating these wonderful vistas
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of a sense of outdoorness.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:24
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 twin triumphs of the Johnson Wax Building - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
- The twin triumphs of the Johnson Wax Building
It's been said that American lives have no second act. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It's been said that American lives have no second act.
Well, here was one, perhaps bigger - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Well, here was one, perhaps bigger
By now, Frank Lloyd Wright was 70 years old, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
By now, Frank Lloyd Wright was 70 years old,
His home was still Taliesin, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
His home was still Taliesin,
He was happily married to Olgivanna, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:18
He was happily married to Olgivanna,
(bright upbeat music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
(bright upbeat music)
The cars were packed with provisions, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
The cars were packed with provisions,
From now on, winter would be spent at a new home in the sun. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
From now on, winter would be spent at a new home in the sun.
The parched Arizona desert was the most extreme environment - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The parched Arizona desert was the most extreme environment
It would test his philosophy - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
It would test his philosophy
Taliesin West is such a unique and beautiful place. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
Taliesin West is such a unique and beautiful place.
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,