Alden B. Dow Mid-Century Modern Architect Alden B. Dow, FAIA (1904-1983) was the son of the founder of Dow Chemical Company. After beginning university study in chemical engineering, Dow switched his field of study to architecture, graduating in 1931 from the Columbia...
Paul Rudolph Mid-Century Modern Architect Paul Rudolph grew up in the early decades of the 20th century in rural Kentucky, the son of an itinerant preacher. He displayed early talent as an artist (likely passed down from his mother) and channeled his abilities into...
Oscar Stonorov Mid-Century Modern Architect The Oscar Stonorov story began in Frankfort, Germany on a winter day in 1905. As a young man he immersed himself in architecture at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and the University of Florence in Italy but also...
Louis Kahn Mid-Century Modern Architect When Louis Kahn suffered a heart attack and died in 1974 The New York Times declared in its Page One obituary that he was “America’s foremost living architect.” Kahn built that estimable resume entirely from his base in...
Irwin Stein Mid-Century Modern Architect Among Philadelphia’s mid-century architects, Irwin Stein (b. 1930) carved a unique path, blending modernist ideals with practical ingenuity. A native Philadelphian, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in...
