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- ↑ "Robert L. Jones Interview". Voices of Oklahoma. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ "Mies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture". The New York Times. 1969-08-19. Retrieved 2010-04-22. van der Rohe's view was that "modern architecture should be simple, straightforward, and without unnecessary ornamentation." He explained this by saying, "...less is more." His “skin and bones” designs favored industrial steel that framed lots of glass to blur the lines between the indoors and outside world.
- ↑ Sisson, Patrick (24 August 2017). "Robert Lawton Jones: Tulsa's ambassador of International Style". Curbed. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ Overall, Michael (7 October 2018). "Oklahoma Architect's Legacy Will Live on in Tulsa". US NEWS & WORLD REPORT. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ Sisson, Patrick (24 August 2017). "Robert Lawton Jones: Tulsa's ambassador of International Style". Curbed. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
