E. Fay Jones, FAIA died yesterday at his home in Fayetteville, Arkansas at age 83.
Born in 1921, Euine Fay Jones studied architecture at the University of Arkansas and at the University of Houston. He apprenticed under Frank Llloyd Wright in the Taliesin fellowship before starting his own Fayetteville practice. He was the recipient of the AIA Gold Medal in 1990. Jones was probably best known for his elevating chapels assembled out of numerous thin pieces of wood, such as the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and the Pinecote Pavilion at the Crosby Arboretum in Picayune, Mississippi.
A good biography with links to books and other sites is available in his Wikipedia entry.
i had the rare privlege to work on fayes davenport residence building the furniture,light fixtures and entry doors. similery john lautners final res project both incredable people so the same,so different,so to be missed.you never know what youv got till its gone.
I also had this rare priviledge of working on the Davenport residence, while employed by Steve Ehlers Construction during the greater part of the year 1984. It is the single most challenging, artistically satisfying project I’ve ever had the honor to participate in. I framed much of the clerestory, made patterns for and installed the (up to) 9 foot triangular fixed double pane windows, made and installed the vertical siding on the chimney, also the interior baseboard (mitred @ 22.2degrees, + custom scribed into the stone floor),ext balcont ballusters and metmany other interesting challenges. Was Ron your brother? I think I remember you. I lived up county rd. 480, about 1/2 mile away next to W. Nelson’s old place- I’d enjoy hearing from you if you worked on this, it really was the finest residential constr. gig I’ve ever taken part in. Please e mail me and say hello when you get a chance. I remember you, Ron, Steve E. Art Obering,Bill Hastings, and a lot of other fine talented folks from this. Thank you for this site! regards, Bradley Trafton