In 1941 Alden B. Dow F.A.I.A. (1904-1983) submitted the patent for the design of the back of this deck of cards. “The dominant feature of my design consists in the arrangement in the order of their value of the various poker hand combinations.” In addition to...
This handcrafted wooden puzzle is an original design by architect Alden B. Dow. “He loved the challenge of a puzzle and how it made us think in different ways,” said Craig McDonald, Director of the Alden B. Dow Home & Studio in Midland, Michigan. “Mr. Dow would...
Alden B. Dow utilized this Unit Block system in many of his early designs including his own home and studio. In addition to structural support of exterior walls, the versatility of the blocks extended to interior spaces as well – table bases, level changes,...
The Dream of Many Men, The Work of Alden B. Dow in Freeport and Lake Jackson, Texas Paperback Author: Scott Richard St. Louis The unique story of Alden B. Dow’s architectural contributions to Brazoria County, Texas, includes connections to the Civil War, World War...
Imaginatively woven into the natural environment and surrounding pond, the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio elicits you to question, peek around corners and travel on unknown paths. It draws you into rooms of diverging angles, soaring roof lines, brilliant color,...
The Way of Life Cycle seen here is Alden B. Dow’s graphic representation of his philosophy of Creativity. Alden Dow believed that individuals are unique in the way they think, express themselves and do things. When our unique ideas and our unique way of doing...
Imaginatively woven into the natural environment and surrounding pond, the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio elicits you to question, peek around corners and travel on unknown paths. It draws you into rooms of diverging angles, soaring roof lines, brilliant color,...
Imaginatively woven into the natural environment and surrounding pond, the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio elicits you to question, peek around corners and travel on unknown paths. It draws you into rooms of diverging angles, soaring roof lines, brilliant color,...
Alden B. Dow Midwestern Modern, Hardcover By: Diane Maddex Active from the early 1930s through the late 1970s, Alden B. Dow designed some six hundred projects—often daringly modern houses and religious buildings, schools and colleges, business and civic structures,...
Trifold Map Midland is architecturally unique. It is the only city in the country where the architecture has been so profoundly influenced by one architect; Alden B. Dow. The many symbols on this map identify and locate buildings designed by Mr. Dow – evidence of...
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the Alden B Dow Home and Studio continues to engage the imagination and elicits emotional responses in all who experience this powerful statement of Mid-Twentieth Century Modern architecture. Planted into an...
Composed Order: The Architecture of Alden B. Dow, Paperback Alden B. Dow’s philosophy for creativity Composed Order: The Architecture of Alden B. Dow, Paperback Black and White Images Pages: 28