He created daring and innovative designs for family living, as well as new expressions of how buildings enhance work, worship and learning. Throughout his career Alden B.Dow designed and built over 350 structures in his home state of Michigan. Wilson Funeral Home Addition and Alteration Midland Federal Savings and Loan Alterationĭow Corning Service Building and Laboratory Heisman Company (also see Patrick Block Alteration) The New First National Bank and Trust – Eastman and Saginaw Rd. The New Midland National Bank – Larkin and McDonald Streets Northeast High School (Northeast Intermediate)Ĭhemical State Savings Bank (Jefferson Drive-In Branch)ĭow Chemical Agricultural Research Centerĭow Chemical Bio Products Office Buildingĭow Chemical Plastics Sales Office and Warehouse – Building 433 Winterberry Girls Scout Camp, Midland CountyĮducational ( 12, counting Northwood as 1 project, 21 counting the 10 Northwood Projects) Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) Branch Residence – formerly Dow Biological Lab and Greenhouse

For five decades, Alden Dow successfully pioneered architectural designs that are still timely today.Ĭ.B. His buildings combined the functional with imagination and creativity. The progressive climate of the pre and post war years encouraged Alden Dow’s interest in new technology, new materials and innovative designs. In 1944, Alden Dow said, “I have no idea what my next design for a building will look like, but I do know it will not look anything like the one I have just completed, and that is not because of me, but because of the individual or individuals that are going to use the next building.” Good architecture responds to the land and its culture.

Whether designing homes for the individual or the family, work spaces for industry, worship spaces for religious communities, or schools and civic buildings, Alden Dow believed the architect always played an important role in creating harmony between people, materials and ideas. During his 50 year career in architecture, Alden Dow designed over 560 projects not only in the state of Michigan but also throughout the United States.

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