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Johnpaul Jones
2005 AISES Executive Excellence Award
Johnpaul Jones designs with a strong commitment to the earth. His designs win recognition for heightening our sensitivity to environmental issues and the indigenous cultures of America, paying deep respect to regional architectural traditions and native landscapes. In the late 1970s Johnpaul’s architecture helped alter the direction of zoological design by blending with the landscape and focusing on animals’ health, safety, and the education of the public about the animals and the natural world around us. Similarly, his Native American structures reflect powerful indigenous cultures and regional traditions. They express a graceful architectural character, design vitality, and connect us to the spirit of place.
Johnpaul’s design philosophy grew from his Native American heritage, which connects him to the natural world, animal world, spirit world, and human world of his Choctaw/Cherokee ancestors. In a firm of 40 people evenly balanced between architects and landscape architects, Johnpaul provides leadership, establishes design direction, and has received widespread recognition through local and national awards and publication in architectural journals.
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