RICHARD JONES ASSOCIATES LTD. CHARTERED ARCHITECTS
RICHARD JONES IS LICENCED TO PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE IN UK (ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION BOARD NO.039067D) AND IS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. HE TRAINED AT THE PORTSMOUTH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE WHERE HE WAS AWARDED A DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURE WITH DISTINCTION. HIS FINAL DISSERTATION RECEIVED A HIGH-COMMENDATION IN THE RIBA SILVER MEDAL AWARDS.
STARTING HIS CAREER IN LONDON HE WORKED ON THE SUSSEX HOUSE OFFICES PROJECT IN BURGESS HILL, AND THE MAPLES REDEVELOPMENT IN TOTENHAM COURT ROAD. MOVING TO LINCOLNSHIRE HE JOINED THE PRACTICE OF THE RENOWN ARCHITECT AND PLANNER ARTHUR LING WHERE HE WORKED ON THE BOSTON POLICE STATION AND CROWN OFICES.
THE KEY PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY MR JONES DURING A SERIES OF WORKING SABBATICALS IN ASIA INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JINLING HOTEL IN NANJING, THEN CHINA'S TALLEST BUILDING. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH TWIN 60-STOREY TOWERS OF THE FAR EASTERN PLAZA IN TAIWAN AS WELL AS THE MILLION SQUARE-FOOT MARINA SQUARE DEVELOPMENT IN SINGAPORE. HE BECAME A DIRECTOR OF THE PRACTICE OF PALMER AND TURNER INTERNATIONAL, THE OLDEST FIRM OF ARCHITECTS IN HONG KONG, AND LATER FOUNDED AND MANAGED THE PRACTICE OF KJF INTERNATIONAL. WHICH UNDERTOOK MANY SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WORKS AROUND THE WORLD. ITS MOST RECENT WAS UNDERTAKE IN A CONSORTIUM OF ARCHITECTURAL COMPANIES TO PRODUCE THE ICONIC WYNN PALACE RESORT AND CASINO IN MACAO.
HIS FIRM OF RICHARD JONES ASSOCIATES WAS FOUNDED IN 1987 TO UNDERTAKE UK AND OVERSEAS PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE PRACTICE OPENED ITS OFFICE N LOUTH IN 2017 AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON SEVERAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND BUILDING FORENSIC WORKS. THIS INCLUDES THE RESTORATION OF A SIXTEENTH CENTURY PALAZZO NEAR THE TUSCAN TOWN OF LUCCA IN ITALY. WITH HIS OVERSEAS ASSOCIATES MR JONES IS ALSO WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AND COMPLIANCE.
RICHARD JONES IS AN RIBA CONSERVATION REGISTRANT HAVING UNDERGONE TRAINING IN BUILDING CONSERVATION AND MEMBER OF THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE GROUP. HE IS ALSO A QUALIFIED ARBITRATOR WITH A DIPLOMA IN ARCBITRATION FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF READING.
