Johnson Wax Building

Johnson Wax Building

Lawrence Technological University

February 17, 2015

Wright, Frank Lloyd

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

American

Single Built Works

July, 1965

Wisconsin (state)

Racine (inhabited place)

Modern (styles and periods)

automobiles

corporate headquarters (built works)

office buildings

Exterior view of three cars parked at SC Johnson's headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin. The building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was completed 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.

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