I became fascinated by the architecture of fay jones following my wedding in the mildred b cooper chapel in bella vista arkansas later i learned of the thorncrown chapel near eureka springs arkansas and many other projects of joness this book is a fascinating collection of pictures and drawings f. Fay jones was born january 31 1921 in pine bluff arkansas to euine fay and candy louise alston jones the family moved to little rock and then to ei dorado where the elder jones opened a restaurant we moved to el dorado in the 1920s when it was somewhat of a boom town because oil had been discovered in the area. Designing structures that fuse architecture and landscape the organic and the man made jones has created special places which touch their viewers with the power and subtlety of poetry herein we learn why from the foreword by robert adams ivy jr fay joness architecture begins in order and ends in mystery . Outside the pale the architecture of fay jones fort smith fay jones fay jones designed over two hundred award winning structures most of them in arkansas bruce goff of the university of oklahoma school of architecture offered fay jones a job and taught him another perspective in modern architecture. 50 out of 5 stars outside the pale the architecture of fay jones reviewed in the united states on december 17 2007 fay jones is one of americas great architects