Johnson Wax Building
Title
Johnson Wax Building
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
February 17, 2015
Creator
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
July, 1965
Work Location
Wisconsin (state)
Racine (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Subject
corporate headquarters (built works)
office buildings
parking garages
Description
View of women walking through first floor parking garage at SC Johnson headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1939. "Opened in 1950, the Research Tower is one of the tallest structures ever built on the cantilever principle. It stands 153 feet tall and its central core, which is 13 feet in diameter, extends 54 feet into the ground. All 15 floors of the Research Tower are supported by the “taproot” core, much like a tree supports its branches. Of the 15 floors, six are square, with circular mezzanine floors above them, with one additional square floor on the second level. Running up the core of the building are an elevator and a stairway. More than 7,000 Pyrex glass tubes serve as its windows, with the exterior lined with bands of more than 22,000 bricks,"--SC Johnson website.
Material/Medium
brick (clay product)
glass (material)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TO-308
- Date Added
- February 17, 2015
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- garages, Modern, office buildings
- Citation
- “Johnson Wax Building,” LTU Digital Images, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/14331.