Honored with the 1990 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for a lifetime of outstanding achievement, Fay Jones is an Arkansas original. In receiving the medal from Prince Charles of Great Britain, Jones was hailed as a powerful and special genius who embodies nearly all the qualities we admire in an architect and as an artist who used his vision to craft mysterious and magical places not only in Arkansas but all over the world.

This book accompanied a special museum exhibit of Jones s life and work at the Old State House in Little Rock. It traces Jones s development from his...