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Johnson Wax Headquarters: Exterior · Title: Building, globe, and grounds of the S.C
1/7 · Exterior · Title: Building, globe, and grounds of the S.CPhoto: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain · source
Johnson Wax Headquarters: Exterior · Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
2/7 · Exterior · Designed by Frank Lloyd WrightPhoto: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Johnson Wax Headquarters: Exterior · Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and opened in 1939
3/7 · Exterior · Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and opened in 1939Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Johnson Wax Headquarters: Exterior · Johnson Wax Company building
4/7 · Exterior · Johnson Wax Company buildingPhoto: dwhartwig · CC BY 2.0 · source
Johnson Wax Headquarters: Detail · Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944 and opened in 1950
5/7 · Detail · Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944 and opened in 1950Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Johnson Wax Headquarters: Detail · Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944 and opened in 1950
6/7 · Detail · Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944 and opened in 1950Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Johnson Wax Headquarters: Detail · Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and opened in 1939
7/7 · Detail · Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and opened in 1939Photo: Bmzuckerman · CC BY 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Title: Building, globe, and grounds of the S.CPhoto 2: Exterior · Designed by Frank Lloyd WrightPhoto 3: Exterior · Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and opened in 1939Photo 4: Exterior · Johnson Wax Company buildingPhoto 5: Detail · Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944 and opened in 1950Photo 6: Detail · Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944 and opened in 1950Photo 7: Detail · Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and opened in 1939

Office & tower · Modernism

Johnson Wax Headquarters

Frank Lloyd Wright · Racine, United States · 1939

Key featuresA forest of slender 'lily pad' columns under a glowing glass-tube roof.

Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Place
Racine, United States
Year
1939
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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