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Biography of Fay JonesName: Fay JonesBirth Date: January 31, 1921 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: architect Fay Jones American architect Fay Jones (born 1921) carried the principles of his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright into his own work, primarily private residences and small religious structures. His most famous work is the Thorncrown Chapel (1980) at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. In 1997, he was commissioned to build a multi-million dollar chapel on the campus of Chapman University in California.Euine Fay Jones was born January 31, 1921, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. His family later settled in El Dorado. As a child, he once built an elaborate treehouse, something that perhaps inspired some treetop residences built as a mature architect. As a youth he was impressed with a film about architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson's Wax Headquarters at Racine, Wisconsin.Because there was no school of architecture in the state at the time, Jones first studied engineering at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Following service in the Navy during World War II, he returned to the …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…be considered a regionalist in the sense that his architecture is so sympathetic to the terrain and stresses simple and natural forms. Nevertheless, the sophistication of forms and shapes found in his structures reveal his training and learning. Appropriately in an era of pluralism and acceptance of many ways of building, Fay Jones has been recognized as a significant creative figure working quietly and consistently in the foothills of the Ozarks. Further Reading Robert Adams Ivy, Jr.'s Fay Jones (1992) offers a succinct discussion of the architect and a number of his works are beautifully illustrated. Included is a complete bibliography, which can direct the reader to numerous articles in such publications as House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, and L'Architettura. An article by Michael Ryan on the architect in Parade magazine (January 17, 1993) provides a good general introduction. Also, Robert T. Packard's Encyclopedia of American Architecture (2nd edition) (1995). |