- Discipline:
- Landscape architecture, Urban design
Ronald Jones is a landscape architect and director of the firm Jones & Whitehead. His work is focused on public landscapes and urban design. He was one of the authors of the 1984 Royal Park Master Plan (Melbourne), which set out a vision for the park that continues to have widespread community support.
Beginning in 1985, he played a key role in developing the City of Melbourne’s urban design strategy and many projects and policies supporting that strategy. Since establishing Jones & Whitehead in 2000 he has contributed to projects across Victoria.
Ron was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects in 2006 and Adjunct Professor of RMIT University in 2010. He served on the Board of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation from 2012 through 2019 and has participated on design review panels for the OVGA since 2012.
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