S. C. Johnson Administration Building

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The S. C. Johnson Administration Building is a landmark office building in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated for its innovative modernist architecture and unique interior spaces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
office building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Johnson Wax Administration Building ⓘ
Johnson Wax Headquarters Administration Building ⓘ
architect Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modern architecture ⓘ
Organic architecture ⓘ
Streamline Moderne ⓘ
category Frank Lloyd Wright buildings ⓘ
Office buildings in Wisconsin ⓘ
city Racine ⓘ
client S. C. Johnson & Son ⓘ
linked to: SC Johnson & Son
completionDate 1939 ⓘ
constructionStart 1936 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
function corporate headquarters offices ⓘ
hasComponent entrance tower ⓘ
great workroom ⓘ
research tower connection point ⓘ
hasInteriorFeature built-in desks and chairs ⓘ
indirect natural lighting ⓘ
open-plan workroom without interior walls ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1976 ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1939 ⓘ
interiorDesigner Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
location Racine, Wisconsin ⓘ
materialUsed Pyrex glass ⓘ
brick ⓘ
glass tubing ⓘ
nearbyBuilding Johnson Wax Research Tower ⓘ
notableFeature curved brick walls ⓘ
custom-designed office furniture ⓘ
dendriform concrete columns ⓘ
great workroom with open-plan office space ⓘ
tubular glass skylights ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 76000063 ⓘ
owner S. C. Johnson & Son ⓘ
linked to: SC Johnson & Son
partOf S. C. Johnson & Son corporate campus ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
significance icon of 20th-century modern architecture ⓘ
important work in Frank Lloyd Wright’s late career ⓘ
pioneering open-plan office design ⓘ
state Wisconsin ⓘ
streetAddress 1525 Howe Street ⓘ

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

Johnson Wax Headquarters → alsoKnownAs → S. C. Johnson Administration Building ⓘ
SC Johnson & Son → notableBuilding → SC Johnson Administration Building ⓘ
linked to: S. C. Johnson Administration Building
SC Johnson & Son → notableBuilding → SC Johnson Research Tower ⓘ
linked to: S. C. Johnson Administration Building
Research Tower → nationalHistoricLandmarkDistrict → S. C. Johnson and Son Administration Building and Research Tower ⓘ
linked to: S. C. Johnson Administration Building