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Gallery and Studio / Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Valeria Silva — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Located in in the heart of Racine, the Gallery and Studio building was designed for a painter and local art advocate who set out to create a new cultural anchor for the city, one that would help revitalize Racine’s currently anemic downtown. The project pairs the painter’s own studio on the upper level with a street level art gallery. Sitting on a narrow sliver of vacant land at the end of a trapezoid city block shaped by two overlapping urban grids, the 3,250 sf. building caps the block of historic brick structures and re-establishes the street edges along two important thoroughfares that connect Racine’s western neighborhoods with Lake Michigan.

AD Classics: SC Johnson Wax Research Tower / Frank Lloyd Wright

Michelle Miller — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on September 8,2014. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.

The next time you catch the scent of a Glade air freshener or evade pesky mosquitoes thanks to Off!, think of Frank Lloyd Wright. His 1950 building for the SC Johnson Research Tower at their headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, was home to the invention of many of their landmark products.

OS House / Johnsen Schmaling Architects

John Rizor — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The OS House by Johnsen Schmaling Architects is located in downtown Racine, Wisconsin and attempts to redefine the urban fabric of this historic rustbelt city. Sited on a narrow lot between a 3-story mansion and a mid-century ranch, the colorful 1,900sf residence is a welcome and dynamic intervention to the streetscape.

AD Classics: S.C. Johnson and Son Administration Building / Frank Lloyd Wright

Kelly Minner — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Located in Racine, Wisconsin, the SC Johnson and Son Administration Building is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most important statements about the nature of office buildings. H.F. Johnson Jr. commissioned Wright to design a worldwide headquarters administration building for the family company and in 1936 Wright’s drawings were approved and the building officially opened in April of 1939.