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Edward (Eddie) Jones

Eddie Jones was born on September 8th, 1949 in Fort Worth, Texas. He is an American architect whose company, Jones Studio, based in Tempe AZ, is a mid-sized firm, who has many specialities, like interior design, graphic design, public art and planning. Eddie says he decided his future when he found the article on Frank Lloyd Wright in the “W” volume.

Early Life

Although born in Texas he was raised in the fields of Oklahoma. Eddie's father a petroleum engineer and when Eddie was young he spent many days out on oil wells. Although he remembers the oil well days and enjoyed his time eating a greasy spoons, it did not take away his passion. He knew at a young age, about six years old, that he wanted to be an architect. His parents bought an entire set of Encyclopedia's and since states he was basically "marooned" in Oklahoma, he looked at every page of every encyclopedia. It took him several months to get to the W, book and it was in that book where he saw a picture of a house on a waterfall that "knocked" him out. Later in life he realized the house was Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff are two of his architectural heroes.

Education

Eddie attended public schools and then went on to attend Oklahoma State University. The school of architecture at Oklahoma State was tucked into the School of Engineering so "to this day", he says, "I feel like I'm kind of an engineer in architects' clothing"

Jones Studio

After graduating from Oklahoma State Eddie working at an architecture firm in Oklahoma City for a while, before moving to Arizona. It was there that the Jones Studio was founded in 1979 by Eddie Jones himself. Jones Studio is a mid-sized architecture, interior design, graphic design, public art, and planning firm founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1979 by Eddie Jones, AIA. Younger brother Neal Jones, AIA, joined the firm in 1986, and Brian Farling, AIA and Jacob Benyi, AIA became Principals and Partners in 2014. The studio has built many successful projects around Arizona and other places. Jones Studio and their clients have been honored with over 200 design awards, for 55 built projects. In 2014 they were awarded the Arizona Forward Crescordia Award for Environmental Stewardship and were ranked 21st in The Architect 50 and 6th in Sustainability.

Built Projects

Eddie has built and constructed many projects throughout his life. One of his great projects is the Scorpion House in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hillside contours, boulder field, distant views, and stands of old saguaro, shape the cast-in-place concrete ledge. Interlocking the curvilinear retaining walls, a protective shell of oxidized titanium plates integrates the “scorpion” forms with desert shadow. The studio’s completed projects include higher education facilities, research facilities, performing arts centers, land ports of entry, an NFL training facility, a town hall, a softball-soccer stadium, an entire college campus and over 18 custom designed homes. Another standout project is his firms famous work of the Arizona Cardinals Training Facility in 1990. The facility in Tempe, AZ is 96,000 sq ft and costs $11.8M.

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