Johnson Wax Headquarters

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corporate headquarters modernist building office building complex

Johnson Wax Headquarters is an iconic modernist office complex in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and renowned for its innovative open-plan interior and distinctive dendriform columns.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Johnson Wax Headquarters canonical	8
Johnson Wax Administration Building	5
Johnson Wax Research Tower	3
Johnson Wax Great Workroom	1
Johnson Wax Headquarters (as a collaborative studio project)	1
Johnson Wax Headquarters Administration Building	1
Johnson Wax Headquarters complex	1
Johnson Wax Research Tower Annex (S.C. Johnson Administration Building additions)	1
Johnson Wax corporate complex	1
SC Johnson Administration Building	1
SC Johnson Administration Building and Research Tower	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2224210 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Johnson Wax Headquarters
Context triple: [Frank Lloyd Wright, notableWork, Johnson Wax Headquarters]

A. Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House is a renowned modernist glass-and-steel weekend residence in Plano, Illinois, celebrated as a masterpiece of minimalist architecture.
B. Hoechst Administration Building
The Hoechst Administration Building is a landmark early 20th-century industrial office complex in Frankfurt, Germany, renowned as a key work of architect Peter Behrens and an important example of modern industrial architecture.
C. Crown Hall
Crown Hall is a landmark modernist building on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, celebrated for its open-plan steel-and-glass design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
D. Socony–Mobil Building
The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
E. Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is the famed architect’s early residence and workplace in Oak Park, Illinois, now preserved as a museum showcasing his pioneering Prairie School designs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Johnson Wax Headquarters
Target entity description: Johnson Wax Headquarters is an iconic modernist office complex in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and renowned for its innovative open-plan interior and distinctive dendriform columns.

A. Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House is a renowned modernist glass-and-steel weekend residence in Plano, Illinois, celebrated as a masterpiece of minimalist architecture.
B. Hoechst Administration Building
The Hoechst Administration Building is a landmark early 20th-century industrial office complex in Frankfurt, Germany, renowned as a key work of architect Peter Behrens and an important example of modern industrial architecture.
C. Crown Hall
Crown Hall is a landmark modernist building on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, celebrated for its open-plan steel-and-glass design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
D. Socony–Mobil Building
The Socony–Mobil Building is a prominent International Style skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, notable for its stainless-steel facade and association with the Mobil oil company.
E. Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is the famed architect’s early residence and workplace in Oak Park, Illinois, now preserved as a museum showcasing his pioneering Prairie School designs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	corporate headquarters ⓘ modernist building ⓘ office building complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Johnson Wax Administration Building ⓘ linked to: Johnson Wax Headquarters S. C. Johnson Administration Building ⓘ
architect	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modern architecture ⓘ Streamline Moderne ⓘ
category	Frank Lloyd Wright buildings ⓘ Modernist architecture in the United States ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin ⓘ Office buildings in Wisconsin ⓘ
city	Racine ⓘ
client	Herbert F. Johnson ⓘ S. C. Johnson & Son ⓘ linked to: SC Johnson & Son
constructionStartDate	1936 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designedIn	1930s ⓘ
designerOfInteriors	Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
floorCount	2 ⓘ
hasFunction	corporate offices ⓘ research facilities ⓘ
hasLightingDesignFeature	indirect lighting ⓘ
hasPart	Administration Building ⓘ Research Tower ⓘ
hasStructuralSystem	reinforced concrete mushroom columns ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1976 ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1939 ⓘ
influencedBy	organic architecture principles ⓘ
listedIn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
location	Racine, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Racine, Wisconsin, United States
materialUsed	brick ⓘ glass tubing ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ
notableFeature	Great Workroom ⓘ curvilinear brick walls ⓘ dendriform columns ⓘ open-plan interior ⓘ pyrex glass tube clerestory windows ⓘ research tower ⓘ
NRHPListingDate	1974 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	74000065 ⓘ
occupant	S. C. Johnson & Son ⓘ linked to: SC Johnson & Son
ownedBy	S. C. Johnson & Son ⓘ linked to: SC Johnson & Son
partOf	S. C. Johnson & Son corporate campus ⓘ
researchTowerFloorCount	15 ⓘ
roofType	flat roof ⓘ
state	Wisconsin ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frank Lloyd Wright → notableWork → Johnson Wax Headquarters ⓘ

Frank Lloyd Wright → designed → Johnson Wax Headquarters ⓘ

Gordon Bunshaft → notableWork → Johnson Wax Research Tower Annex (S.C. Johnson Administration Building additions) ⓘ