Alden B. Dow Home & Studio

Specialties

Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the Alden B. Dow Home and Studio is shared with the public through a tremendous amount of educational programming, public tours and researchers utilizing the Alden B. Dow Archives, the repository of Mr. Dow’s architectural records. The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio is more than a museum, it’s a national treasure.

History

Established in 1989.

Alden B. Dow was not only an inspired architect, but a philosopher. His Home and Studio demonstrate a true freedom of expression that is uniquely representative of his vision of the balance between architecture and nature. When entering the Home and Studio, designed in 1933, one is immediately overcome by Mr. Dow’s ability to meld the science of building and the art of creating architectural space into a dynamic and cohesive whole. Light and color dance throughout the structure. The entranceway appears to transform cinder blocks into cascading waterfalls of geometric patterns that guide you down to the Submarine Room, where one is at once surrounded by water and somehow mystically part of it. Mr. Dow reverently weaves nature, creativity and quality into every space. Room upon room of the elegant structure reveals itself to the visitor, who is continually delighted by each discovery. One comes away from the experience with both feelings and thoughts that will remain for a lifetime.