# Robert Dale Owen — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Robert Dale Owen in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Robert Dale Owen

**First appearance:** 0042-iv

## Who they are

Social reformer and advocate for utopian communities.

## In the story

### [The Disintegration of Architecture: 1820-1865](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv)

Quoted on the potential rise of iron cities, referencing his observations on the Smithsonian Institution plans.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned in a comparison: the brummagem gothic of the Smithsonian Institution was a return to organic architecture.

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