John Yeon
American architect
Died when: 83 years 135 days (1000 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
John Yeon (October 29, 1910 – March 13, 1994) was an American architect in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-twentieth century.He is regarded as one of the early practitioners of the Northwest Regional style of Modernism.
Largely self-taught, Yeon’s wide ranging activities encompassed planning, conservation, historic preservation, art collecting, and urban activism.He was a connoisseur of objets d’art as well as landscapes, and one of Oregon’s most gifted architectural designers, even while his output was limited.
The family name is pronounced "yee-on", not "yawn".
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