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Prairie Architects, Inc. |
Owner: SC Johnson Wax Project Scope: On-going Maintenance Consultation Acoustic Environment Investigation Historic Chair Restoration Consultation |
Great Workroom -- Johnson Wax Company Racine, Wisconsin |
The Johnson Wax Administration Building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is one of the greatest architectural landmarks of the twentieth century. Prairie Architects provides on-going consultations on preservation maintenance for the building. The building's Great Workroom is the world's most celebrated office space. However, by 1993 modifications and changed usage patterns had made it a noisy space, and staff complained of a lack of acoustical privacy. Prairie Architects was hired to improve the room's acoustics without altering any of the room's visible historic fabric, a seemingly impossible mandate. Prairie Architects conducted a detailed acoustical analysis of the room, identified strategies to significantly improve the room's acoustics without altering historic surfaces, conducted computer modeling of the results of the proposed concealed modifications, and identified th probable cost of the improvements (1993). Prairie Architects recommendations were executed (1994-1995) and successfully transformed the room's acoustics. As part of the acoustical work Prairie Architects was able to restore lost, original Frank Lloyd Wright paint and plaster finishes. |
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Prairie Architects, Inc. -- 103 South Third Street -- Fairfield, Iowa 52556 |