Rick Joy

Rick Joy (born 1958 Maine, USA) is an American architect.

Joy studied music at the University of Maine from 1977 to 1984 before studying architecture at the University of Arizona, graduating in 1990 and establishing his own practice in 1993.

Working largely on private houses, typically in desert regions of the United States, Joy frequently employs rammed earth in his designs.

In 2002, Joy received the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

In 2008, Joy was chosen as one of the international architects that will be part of the development of the Pan-American Villa in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico around the Morelos Park for 2011 Pan American Games . According to the architect his building will be strongly influenced by the traditional arches of the old buildings in the downtown of the city but with a slight twist, according to him arches and shadows will be the base of his project. Rick Joy will be the only non-spanish speaker involved on the project, between the team of architects that will work on this project we can find the spaniard Carme Pinos and chilean Mathias Klotz

ources

Holl, Steven (Introduction); Joy, Rick (Author); Pallasmaa, Juhani (Introduction) (2002). "Rick Joy: Desert Works". Princeton Architectural Press. 176 pages. ISBN 1568983360