Great Workroom
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The Great Workroom is the iconic open-plan office hall within Frank Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax Headquarters, renowned for its forest of slender columns and innovative, light-filled design.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interior architectural space
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office space ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Work Room
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Johnson Wax Great Workroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | Frank Lloyd Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
20th-century office design innovation
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Johnson Wax Administration Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingType | open-plan office hall ⓘ |
| ceilingSupportSystem | dendriform mushroom columns ⓘ |
| client | S. C. Johnson & Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Herbert F. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateCompleted | late 1930s ⓘ |
| designedFor | Johnson Wax office staff ⓘ |
| designer | Frank Lloyd Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American modernism ⓘ |
| feature |
clerestory glass tubing for daylighting
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curvilinear forms ⓘ custom-designed office furniture by Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ high ceiling supported by slender columns ⓘ integrated lighting in ceiling elements ⓘ minimal interior partitions ⓘ open-plan desk arrangement ⓘ tall dendriform concrete columns ⓘ |
| function | corporate office workspace ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Frank Lloyd Wright interiors
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iconic office interiors ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of a National Historic Landmark complex ⓘ |
| inBuilding | Johnson Wax Administration Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later open-plan office interiors ⓘ |
| isPartOfWorkOf | Frank Lloyd Wright’s corporate architecture portfolio ⓘ |
| lightingType | daylight filtered through glass tubing ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Racine, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
Pyrex glass tubing
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reinforced concrete columns ⓘ |
| notableFor |
forest of slender columns
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innovative, light-filled design ⓘ large open work space without conventional walls ⓘ use of dendriform columns ⓘ |
| partOf | Johnson Wax Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide a spacious, unified work environment ⓘ |
| significance |
iconic example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s corporate architecture
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landmark in open-plan office design ⓘ |
| spatialOrganization | large central hall with evenly spaced columns ⓘ |
| style |
Modern architecture
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Organic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism | evocation of a forest through column design ⓘ |
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