Edward Jones (English architect)
English architect, born 1939
Edward David Brynmor Jones (born 20 October 1939) 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.
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. 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.
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.
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