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)
office buildings
interior views
Description
Interior view of SC Johnson Company headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1939. "The Great Room, as it is referred to, is furnished with specific Wright designed pieces, two circular elevators, and a mezzanine. He truly provided a complete design for this building thoughtfully creating over 40 pieces of furniture. The elevators took on a birdcage like appearance providing a panoramic view of the Great Room traveling from the basement to the Penthouse level. The building is a bit like being in a forest. A low ceiling carport featuring shortened mushroom columns leads to the lobby. When you reach the Great Room the sky opens and you are surrounded by slender mushroom columns and light streams in from overhead,"--AD Classics: S.C. Johnson and Son Administration Building / Frank Lloyd Wright, by Kelly Minner, ArchDaily, November 2010.
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-318
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