John Yeon

This article is about the architect, designer and conservationist John Yeon. For the timber businessman and father of the architect, see John B. Yeon.
John Yeon
Born(1910-10-29)October 29, 1910
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
DiedMarch 13, 1994(1994-03-13) (aged 83)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationArchitect
AwardsBrunner Prize, Aubrey Watzek Award, Distinguished Service Award (University of Oregon)

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.[1]

The family name is pronounced "yawn," not "yee-on."[2]

  1. ^ "John Yeon (1910-1994)". oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  2. ^ "How John Yeon Shaped the Columbia River Gorge". Portland Monthly.