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JohnsonWaxRacine

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Image ID :	03167-92
View/Description :	View with tower
Image Date :	c1960s
Image Creator :	Claus Seligmann
Notes :	This view includes a classic automobile with fins parked at the curb.
Rights Owner :	CBE VRC; Seligmann original
Image Source :	University of Washington, College of Built Environments, Visual Resources Collection
URL to larger image :	http://wikicatalog.pbwiki.com/f/03167w92.jpg

Work ID :	JohnsonWaxRacine
Title :	Johnson Wax Headquarters S.C. Johnson and Son Administration Building and Research Tower
Creator/Agent :	Wright, Frank Lloyd [ULAN]
Date (of work) :	1936
Location/Site :	United States [TGN] Wisconsin [TGN] Racine [TGN]
GIS Coordinates :	+42.713511-87.790708/
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Description :	Headquarters for the company S. C. Johnson and Sons is a compex of buildings in a streamlined design using red brick and glass tubing
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Work Type :	Architecture [AAT] Buildings [AAT]
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Material :	brick [AAT] masonry [AAT] glass [AAT] Pyrex (TM) [AAT] borosilicate glass [AAT] glass tubing
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Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Modern [AAT]
Cultural Context :	American [AAT]
Subject :	administration buildings [AAT] corporate headquarters [AAT] office buildings [AAT] office towers [AAT]
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Notes :	S.C. Johnson and Son Administration Building and Research Tower is on the United States National Register of Historic Places; Pyrex glass tubing creates natural lighting for the interior. the complex includes a 14 story tower, steel-reinforced dendriform concrete columns, and a ground level parking garage. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the furniture for the building; Steelcase constructed the furniture.