E. Fay Jones did not only build pavilions, but he also built houses. According to Jan Cottingham of arktimes.com, “Jones preferred to keep his projects within 50 miles or so of Fayetteville so he could properly oversee them” (Arkansas’ Resident Genius). One of his non-pavilion projects is the Pine Knoll house located in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The house was built in 1964. As reported by Angela E. Thomas, “the 5,200-square-foot home is made of sandstone; limestone; glass; oak; cedar; and, his requisite element, love” (www.aymag.com). The floors and design of the house is made in a way to blend the inside with the outside. One thing that Jones tried to do with his builds is work with nature. Instead of flattening out a piece of land, he wanted to build with the ground. Although this makes building quite a challenge, Fay Jones’ work shows that the end product is worth it.
As shown, the floor to ceiling glass windows and the tall columns that cover two stories really help blend everything together. It is hard to imagine Pine Knoll was built in the 1960’s because it has a more modern look to it that is not seen every day. The house is very beautiful due in part to the modern look, but also because Jones kept nature in mind while building it by working with nature and blending the building in with it.
It is very interesting how style and fashion seems to loop around. The vintage looks of the 60’s seem to be coming into their own presently. this building would fit in in nearly any metropolitan setting in the world
I really like the look of this. I could personally see myself living in something similar to this. Its interesting to see how and where it was built to make it what it is today.