E. Fay Jones designed the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista Arkansas, completed in 1988. It is similar to his Thorncrown Chapel, built 8 years earlier in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. A long hall with a bony wood structure and full windowed walls is surrounded by green nature.
The innovation in this chapel is the curved, gothic arch which extends from the front entrance all the way to the other end. The transition from gray steel exterior, to warm wooden interior, to green leafy nature can be seen from the entrance. This could correctly be called a Post-Modern work, as Gothic elements are playfully worked with. The chapel is 84 ft long, 24 ft wide, and 54 ft tall.
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