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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America

Wright received five commissions to build houses in Los Angeles

Wright received five commissions to build houses in Los Angeles

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Wright received five commissions
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to build houses in Los Angeles.
Duration
5 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:01
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 biggest and boldest of them - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
The biggest and boldest of them
If Taliesin is of the hill, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
If Taliesin is of the hill,
It's a mysterious interior place - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It's a mysterious interior place
It's a building that perfectly suits its city, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
It's a building that perfectly suits its city,
For Frank Lloyd Wright, now 57 years old, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
For Frank Lloyd Wright, now 57 years old,
The design was inspired by the - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:11
The design was inspired by the
(tools clanking) - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:12
(tools clanking)
As the building rose, steel rods - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
As the building rose, steel rods
Wright liked to say he was weaving here, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Wright liked to say he was weaving here,
You have the steel rods running along these joints, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
You have the steel rods running along these joints,
He also said that he wanted to elevate - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:10
He also said that he wanted to elevate
Entering the Ennis' House - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:06
Entering the Ennis' House
The forbidding exterior really gives you - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
The forbidding exterior really gives you
Inside, the house is made from exactly - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:17
Inside, the house is made from exactly
Being inside this rock-like structure - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
Being inside this rock-like structure
No idea how far it extends or where you're being taken, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
No idea how far it extends or where you're being taken,
There's a timelessness and a drama to the Ennis House, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:08
There's a timelessness and a drama to the Ennis House,
It's been featured in horror films and thrillers, - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:09
It's been featured in horror films and thrillers,
The sheer originality of Wright's creation - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:07
The sheer originality of Wright's creation
It's remarkable, given how - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America 00:05
It's remarkable, given how