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The Johnson Wax Headquarters is the corporate headquarters of the household goods company S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin, United States.The original headquarters includes two buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright: the Administration Building, completed in April 1939, and the Research Tower, completed in November 1950.
S. C. Johnson's line of wax-reliant products necessitated Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr.’s 1935 expedition to Fortaleza, Brazil, to find a direct sustainable source of wax. [11] From April 1935 until May 1950, the company was the sponsor for the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, officially known as The Johnson Wax Program. [12]
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings. Mineola, NY: Courier Corporation. p. 164. ALT3: ... that combustible items were banned from the Johnson Wax Headquarters Research Tower, which had no fire sprinklers because its architect disliked their appearance? Source: Lipman, Jonathan (1986). Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings.
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In particular, the superstructure of the Johnson Wax Headquarters' research tower (completed in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1950) is similar to that of the St. Mark's towers, except for the design of the curtain wall. [36] Wright's next building in New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, would not be constructed until the 1950s. [37]
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