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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

Wright had astonishing self-belief, almost to the point of being overbearing

Wright had astonishing self-belief, almost to the point of being overbearing

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Wright had astonishing self-belief,
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almost to the point of being overbearing.
Duration
5 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:37
Uploaded
Jul 01, 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.
He called interior decorators inferior desecrators, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
He called interior decorators inferior desecrators,
In the case of the Robie House, he even designed - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
In the case of the Robie House, he even designed
(uptempo piano music) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:19
(uptempo piano music)
- He himself started to see - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:13
- He himself started to see
How did he become someone to reckon with? - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
How did he become someone to reckon with?
Well, one way to do that is to dress differently - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
Well, one way to do that is to dress differently
I think, that was the start of what one - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
I think, that was the start of what one
- Wright's unconventional conduct crossed the line - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
- Wright's unconventional conduct crossed the line
Mamah Cheney was a feminist, a free thinker, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
Mamah Cheney was a feminist, a free thinker,
When their relationship was discovered, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
When their relationship was discovered,
Closing down his studio, he abandoned his family, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Closing down his studio, he abandoned his family,
When the couple returned a year later, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
When the couple returned a year later,
Wright knew they wouldn't be welcome in Oak Park, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
Wright knew they wouldn't be welcome in Oak Park,
It was in the one place that for him represented safety, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
It was in the one place that for him represented safety,
He even gave his new house - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
He even gave his new house
As Wright liked to point out, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
As Wright liked to point out,
It's been compared to an Italian villa - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's been compared to an Italian villa
But Taliesin is very much more besides. - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:04
But Taliesin is very much more besides.
More than any other building, it embodies Wright's ideal - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
More than any other building, it embodies Wright's idea...
He prepared to say that it was of the hill, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
He prepared to say that it was of the hill,