Edward David Brynmor Jones (born 20 October 1939)"JONES, Edward David Brynmor", Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2010. is an English architect. He is a partner of the architectural practice Dixon Jones.
Biography
Early life Edward Jones was born in St Albans, England on 20 October 1939. After schooling at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Jones trained at the Architectural Association, where he met his future architectural partner Jeremy Dixon. They formed an informal practice in the mid sixties, which Sir Peter Cook referred to as "The Grunt Group" to promote the modernist agenda."Master builders: Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones (1939-)", The Telegraph, 1 February 2003.
Career Jones has been professor of architecture in Europe and North America including UCD Dublin, Royal College of Art, the Architectural Association, and Universities of Toronto, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Rice.
He was in private practice from 1973 to 1989 in London and in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1989 he co-founded the architectural practice Jeremy Dixon Edward Jones with Jeremy Dixon, called Dixon Jones since 2003.Dixon Jones website In 1973 the pair came to the attention of the national press when their 'Great Pyramid' competition-winning scheme for Northamptonshire County Hall was exhibited in London.The Times, Tuesday, 4 December 1973; p. 5; Issue 58955.
In 2000, The Observer listed two of his practice's London buildings in the Top 10 Buildings of the Year: the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Opera House.Deyan Sudjic, "They struck the jackpot", The Observer, 24 December 2000. From 2002 to 2010 he was honorary professor at University of Cardiff. In 2001 he received an Honorary Doctorate from University of Portsmouth, and an Honorary Fellowship from University of Cardiff, and in December 2010 he received a CBE for services to architecture.Building Design, 4 January 2011.
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/98) with Edward Jones in 2011 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.National Life Stories, 'Jones, Edward (1 of 11) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2018 Also in 2011, Jones was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.https://www.riai.ie/the-riai/honorary-fellows
Personal life Jones is married to Canadian architect Margot Griffin.
Major projects Mississauga Civic Centre, Canada (1987) Darwin College Study Centre, Cambridge University (1993) National Portrait Gallery, London (2000)Fiachra Gibbons, "The Queen shares a joke with Lady Thatcher - National Portrait Gallery", The Guardian, Friday, 5 May 2000. Royal Opera House, London (1999) Somerset House Masterplan, London (2001) Saïd Business School, Oxford (2001)Maev Kennedy, "Bridge gets top award", The Guardian, Friday, 14 June 2002.Deyan Sudjic, "Said's dreaming spire", The Observer, 9 September 2001. Villa Jones, France (2001) Kings Place, London (2008) Exhibition Road Masterplan (2011) Quadrant 3 for the Crown Estate, London (2006–2011) Masterplan for Chelsea Barracks, London (2010–2012) Olympic Way Steps, Wembley Park, London (2016–2021)
Publications Edward Jones and Christopher Woodward, A Guide to the Architecture of London (Weidenfeld and Nicolson) 1983, 4th edition 2009 The Times, Saturday, 29 June 1985; p. 29; Issue 62177. DIXON JONES, Right Angle Publishing Ltd, 2002.
References