Visited the S.C. Johnston Wax building that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW)in the late 1930's. He also designed all the furniture and office chairs. The interior is of the administration buiulding is awesome and is still used today. There were no windows for staff to look out of and daydream. Natural light comes in through the ceiling and a band of windows near the ceiling but it doesnt feel like you are trapped. The columns which represent "trees" give the place a magical feeling. All the windows are not plate glass but glass tubes about 1" in diameter stacked on each other. The illuminted area at the back is a mezzanine level that surrounds the open space. It conatins walled off (glass) offices and more desks. I wish I was allowed to take photos inside. this is from a book. It was great just standing in there... like a magic forest.
City engineers tried to stop it being built as they thought the "trees" couldnt support the building. FLW set up tests by stacking sacks of sand on them. He proved they were capable of supporting much more than the engineers specified and the plans were approved.
I wish they would let us take photos. The detail in the building is like an oppulent hotel,
The weather was really bad. This is a the lake. Waves crashing on the bank were even highr than this.
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