SC Johnson Administration Building by Frank Lloyd Wright

The Frank Lloyd Wright Road Trip That Midcentury-Modern Lovers Need to Take

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The Administration Building’s one-half acre Great Workroom is known for its tree-shaped columns, which Wright referred to as "dendriform." The Wisconsin Industrial Commission refused to approve the columns until Wright conducted an experiment that showed they could withstand sixty tons of weight—or ten times the required amount. In 1937, the construction was approved.