Internet Talk Show: Johnpaul Jones

Johnpaul Jones, founding principal of Seattle-based Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd., was WWUs guest for an Internet Talk Show on October 7, 2005. Dr. Linda Smeins, a WWU Professor of Art History, moderated the talk show. The show was streamed live from the web, then archived for later viewing. Below is the full talk show.

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Internet Talk Show: Johnpaul Jones

Johnpaul Jones, principal of Seattle-based Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd., was the lead architect for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C (upper right corner on the main page of this website). One of 100 American Indian architects in the country, Jones helped lead a movement to diversify Seattle’s architectural and design community in the mid-1980s. He was named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, an honor held by less than 3 percent of his peers.

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 and connecting us to the spirit of place.

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 public education about the animals.  Johnpaul's design philosophy grew from his Native American heritage, which connects him to the natural world, animal world, sprit world, and human world of his Choctaw/Cherokee ancestors.

His other award winning designs include: the Gorilla Habitat at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, Tiger River Trail & Tree house at San Diego Zoo, Grassland Habitat Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum, Longhouse Education & Cultural Center at the Evergreen State College, Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum, The People's Lodge, Seattle, Icicle Creek Music Center (lower right corner on the main page of this website), Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat (upper left corner on the main page of this website), Leavenworth and the Hanford Reach National Monument Visitor Center.