Michael D. Jones, AIA

Michael Jones, Partner, joined Robert A.M. Stern Architects in 1988. He designs prominent institutional, commercial, and residential projects that pay homage to history while embracing modern life. 

Michael believes that one must know the past to design for the future. He sees the Classical language of architecture as inherently malleable to new ways of thinking and living, and compatible with sustainable building technologies. In both his drawings and designs, architecture and urbanism respect their context and climate yet always make room for innovation and interpretation.  

Michael’s career at RAMSA has spanned institutional work such as the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to single-family houses and high-end, multifamily buildings. Much of his residential work started in New York City, including 15 Central Park West and 220 Central Park South, and numerous other upscale apartment houses in Manhattan. His domestic work informed his later international mixed-use projects in China, including Heart of Lake, the firm’s first project in the country, and the Hong Kong Golf and Tennis Academy; Taiwan; Jakarta; Mexico; and several Modern Classical residential communities in Lima, Peru, such as Pezet 195. The foundation of Michael’s multifamily work is modern classicism, but with a focus on interpreting the architecture for local climate and culture. 

Michael has lectured on the history of Central Park South as well as the history of English gardens, and is co-author of the monograph City Living: Apartment Houses by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (2016). He also supports his community as an advisory board member for Ali Forney Center, an organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ+ and at-risk youth from homelessness, and as a board member of LongHouse Reserve, a sculpture garden in East Hampton. He actively volunteers for several charitable organizations and is the co-founder of RAMSA's Q+ Committee and has organized exhibitions with RAMSA’s Q+ that focus on design history and the Q+ community, such as Queer Graphic Design.