Johnson Wax Building
Title
Johnson Wax Building
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
February 20, 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)
parking garages
Description
View, from the parking garage, of entrance to SC Johnson Company in Racine, Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and competed in 1939. "Both the Administration Building (also called the Johnson Wax Building) and the later Research Tower...are of brick and glass. The main office work space is articulated by dendriform columns capable of supporting six times the weight imposed upon them, a fact Wright had to demonstrate in order to obtain a building permit. The glass is not in panes, but in tubing, and several layers of different sizes are used to admit light but no view....Wright designed all the original furniture for the building, including the three-legged secretary chairs, which tip over if one does not sit with correct posture. The tower is totally enclosed and does not allow for horizontal expansion of work space,"--by William Allin Storrer. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog. project 237.
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-316
- Date Added
- February 20, 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/14340.