Jonathan F. Bell, ARCHITECT

Jonathan Bell is an architect specializing in small, complex projects, adaptive reuse, interior architecture, and residential design. Jonathan has over 16 years of experience, and addresses the specifics of each project with a clear, straightforward, and creative approach. His work has won numerous awards, and has been published and exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally.

Jonathan Bell was the recipient of the 2021 Richard Morris Hunt Prize fellowship, awarded jointly by the Friends of the Richard Morris Hunt Prize in France, and The Architects Foundation in the United States. For his research proposal, “Rehabilitation at the Margins,” Jonathan visited and researched the reuse of underutilized 20th century industrial sites in France, largely outside of the major cities. He began his six months of research over the summer of 2022, and concluded during the spring of 2023.

Jonathan BELL a reçu le 2021 Prix Richard Morris Hunt, décerné en France par les Amis du Richard Morris Hunt Prize, et aux États-Unis par the Architects Foundation. Pour sa proposition Réhabilitation sur les Bords, Jonathan a visité et étudié des cas de réhabilitation de sites sous-utilisés du XXe siècle en France, principalement autours de zones industrielles. Il a commencé ses six mois de recherche pendant l’été 2022, et les a achevés au printemps 2023.

A portion of his research was presented in January 2024 at the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, RI. It is now available on video, below.

This diagram is a graphic overview of some of the communities Jonathan visited in France during his fellowship. The sites represent a broad range of France’s disused and reused industrial heritage: steel refineries and coal mining sites; brick manufacturers; rail repair sheds; slaughterhouses; utopian mill villages; textile towns; shipbuilding yards; chocolate and cookie factories…


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