Architecture of Alden B. Dow

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The first comprehensive review of the architecture of Alden B. Dow, the book examines Dow’s singular technique to design of personal houses and public buildings. Dow produced buildings with sparsely balanced contrasts of texture, color, geometry, and volume. Beginning within the 1903s, the early years of up to date architecture, Dow used square concrete blocks of his own design, geometric patterns, and landscape subject material to create designs that embody Picturesque principles.

The son of the founder of Dow Chemical Company, Dow found a receptive clientele n Midland, Michigan, where over three-quarters of his work is situated. He was once a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, but his statements on aesthetic and the philosophy of the person recorded on this volume show an independent and thoughtful mind.

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