Charles Deaton designed several athletic stadiums, and is noted for his futuristic Sculptured House that was featured in the 1973 film Sleeper.
18 Facts About Charles Deaton
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Charles Deaton is noted as the designer of Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium.
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Charles Deaton's father was an oil geologist and his mother was an artist.
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Charles Deaton received additional patents for his various commercial designs, including furniture and interior lighting.
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Charles Deaton was a board game designer who received three US Patents for that work.
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Charles Deaton applied for his first patent at age 19 for the board game Gusher, which was marketed by Carrom Industries of Michigan from 1940 through the early 1960s.
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Charles Deaton received US Letters Patent 2,299,803 for Gusher in 1942.
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Charles Deaton received US Letters Patent 2,295,452 in 1942 for Magnetic Minesweeper, marketed in 1941 by the Walco Bead Co.
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Charles Deaton received US Letters Patent 4,078,805 in 1978 for Country Road.
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Charles Deaton designed the futuristic Sculptured House on Genesee Mountain near Denver, Colorado that was featured in the Woody Allen movie Sleeper.
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Charles Deaton designed a similar Key Savings and Loan Association building in Englewood, Colorado and the Wyoming National Bank in Casper, Wyoming.
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Charles Deaton caught the ear of Kansas City Chiefs General Manager Jack Steadman and suggested building side-by-side stadiums for the two sports with each stadium customized to its needs.
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In 1969, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans honored Charles Deaton by naming him to its membership.
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Charles Deaton died in Morrison, Colorado at the age of 75.
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Charles Deaton worked in a sheet metal factory during World War II, where he discovered the ability to create any shape he could conceive, an idea he carried into his architecture career.
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Charles Deaton believed that curved architecture was superior to straight lines and angles.
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Charles Deaton thought that architecture should mirror the natural world, where rounded shapes are abundant.
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When he built, Charles Deaton believed in complete control of every facet of the project, designing not only the structure itself, but the interior down to the last detail.