Johnson Wax Headquarters

Johnson Wax Headquarters or S. C. Johnson Administration Building (1936-1939) is built by Frank Lloyd Wright 1936 to 1939 the headquarters of the company SC Johnson & Son, Inc. in Racine (Wisconsin ), United States.

Building

Architect Wright designed in 1936 a completely introverted building complex whose rooms are illuminated only indirectly through skylights in the wall and ceiling. Inside the building are divided expressive, mushroom-shaped concrete supports the large work space and support the roof. Wright began more than 200 different types of brick shaped to allow his idea of ​​a flowing movement on the walls. He also designed all the furnishings of the building. The later -built, 14 -storey Research Tower, in which the research laboratory was housed, completed the ensemble. Formative shape are its rounded edges and its Fenstebänder from frosted glass tubes, which provide an even light inside and strengthen the introversion of the building. The tower comes from no visible restraints on the facades. The floor plates collar from a central mainstay, at the same time the supply shaft includes, from.

The Johnson Wax Headquarters awarded the Twenty -five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1974. In 1976 it was incorporated as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.