SC Johnson Wasmuth Portfolio and Campus Photos with Captions

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06- Wasmuth Portfolio, Plate VI
The 2015 Wasmuth Portfolio exhibit at The SC
Johnson Gallery: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright
features nearly 50 framed lithographs and treasured
artifacts of Wright’s most famous work.
Plate VI, Atelier of Frank Lloyd Wright,
Oak Park, Illinois
© FLWright FDN, Scottsdale, AZ.
20- Wasmuth Portfolio, Plate XX
49- Wasmuth Portfolio, Plate IL
Plate XX, Perspective and Plans
for the Dwelling of Mr. Arthur
Heurtley, Oak Park, Illinois
© FLWright FDN, Scottsdale, AZ.
Plate IL- Perspective of the Bank and
Office Building for the City National
Bank, Mason City, Iowa
© FLWright FDN, Scottsdale, AZ.
37- Wasmuth Portfolio, Plate XXXVII
Plate XXXVII, Perspective and Plan of the City
Dwelling for Mr. F. C. Robie, Chicago, Illinois
© FLWright FDN, Scottsdale, AZ.
56- Wasmuth Portfolio, Plate LVI
Plate LVI, Interior Perspective of the Living Room
of the Suburban House for Coonley
© FLWright FDN, Scottsdale, AZ.
Frank Lloyd Wright shown in the
Administration Building with HF Johnson,
Jr. during a visit to Racine, 1950s
View of the “Spirit of Carnauba” S-­‐38 sea plane over wooden cross-­‐cut inlay of South America in the Foster + Partners-­‐designed Fortaleza Hall, 2010, on the SC Johnson campus
Frank Lloyd Wright and HF Johnson, Jr. are shown admiring the Research Tower, 1953
Exterior view of the Foster + Partners-­‐designed Fortaleza Hall with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Research Tower in the distance, 2010, on the SC Johnson campus
View of the “Spirit of Carnauba” S-­‐38 hanging in the Foster + Partners-­‐
designed Fortaleza Hall, 2010 on the SC Johnson campus
Exterior view of the Foster + Partners-­‐designed Fortaleza Hall at dusk, 2010, on the SC Johnson campus.
View of the Green Wall, created by French botanist Patrick Blanc, for the Foster + Partners-­‐designed Fortaleza Hall, 2010, on the SC Johnson campus.
Image of a Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐
designed three-­‐legged office chair on parquet flooring. Parquet flooring symbolizes the company’s humble beginnings just as the chair does SC Johnson’s crea\ve spirit.
HF Johnson, Jr. sits with Frank Lloyd Wright and his
apprentice, Wes Peters, during the weight testing of a
dendriform column for the SC Johnson Administration
Building in 1937. The column needed to hold 12 tons
of weight in order to be used in the building design.
The test stopped after the column withstood 5 times
that weight.
Exterior view of Foster + Partners-­‐
designed Fortaleza Hall on the SC Johnson campus.
Exterior view of the Foster + Partners-­‐designed Fortaleza Hall, on the SC Johnson campus. Exterior view of the Foster + Partners-­‐designed Fortaleza Hall, on the SC Johnson campus External view of the Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐designed SC Johnson Administra\on Building and Research Tower External view of the Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐
designed SC Johnson Administra\on Building and Research Tower Close-up of a Frank Lloyd Wright pillar with surrounding
pyrex tubing in the Administration Building on the SC
Johnson campus.
View of the Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐
designed Nakoma and Nakomis statues on the SC Johnson campus in Racine, Wisconsin SC Johnson Research Tower with the Globe in the foreground.
Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned a globe displayed on the SC Johnson
campus. The first SC Johnson globe was installed in 1952. Thirty
four years later, employees banded together to present their
Chairman, Sam Johnson, with a replacement that still stands today
SC Johnson’s Golden Rondelle Theatre shown with
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Research Tower in the
background. The Golden Rondelle was built for the
1964/1965 Worlds Fair in New York. It has been in
Racine since 1968, showing visitors various SC
Johnson-commissioned films like “Living Planet” and
the Academy Award-Winning “To Be Alive!”
Close-up of the roof of SC Johnson’s Golden
Rondelle Theatre. Built for the 1964/1965 World’s
Fair in New York, the structural support girders were
transferred to Racine and repurposed to serve as SC
Johnson’s visitor’s center since 1968.
Interior view of the Great Workroom in the Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐designed SC Johnson Administra\on Building, C. 1980s Exterior of SC Johnson Administra\on Building and Research Tower.
Interior view of the Mezzanine in the Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐designed SC Johnson Administra\on Building, C. 1980s Clerks shown working in the Great Workroom of SC Johnson’s Frank Lloyd Wright-­‐designed Administra\on Building, c. 1940s