Mark Fisher (architect)

Mark Fisher (architect)
Mark Fisher
Born 1947
Warwickshire, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Architectural Association School of Architecture
Work
Practice Stufish
Buildings U2 360° 'The Claw'
Projects

Pink Floyd 'The Wall'
The Rolling Stones 'Steel Wheels'

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Mark Fisher OBE MVO is a British architect. He was born in Warwickshire, England.

Fisher graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA School) in London in 1971.[1][2] He was a Unit Master at the AA School from 1973 to 1977.[3] In 1984 he set up the Fisher Park Partnership with Jonathan Park.[4] The partnership was dissolved in 1994 when he established Stufish, the Mark Fisher Studio.[5]

Fisher has designed stage sets for Pink Floyd (including ‘The Wall’ performed live 1980 (with Roger Waters and Gerald Scarfe)[6][7] and 'The Division Bell' 1994),[8] for The Rolling Stones (including Steel Wheels 1989,[9] Voodoo Lounge 1994,[10] Bridges to Babylon 1997,[11][12] and A Bigger Bang 2005),[13] Tina Turner[14] and U2 (including ZooTV 1992,[15] PopMart 1997[16] and 360° 2009[17]). In 2000 he created the Millennium Dome Show[18][19] with Peter Gabriel. He has designed opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics (Torino 2006[20] and Beijing 2008[21]) and the Asian Games (2010 Asian Games[22]), and stage sets for theatrical shows including We Will Rock You[23] and both [24][25] and Viva Elvis[26] by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.

References

  1. ^ Experimental Architecture / Peter Cook. pp 63–64, Studio Vista, 1970
  2. ^ Pneumatic Architecture / Thomas Herzog. pp 56,134, Crosby Lockwood Staples, 1977, Translated from ‘Pneumatische Architektur’ 1976 by Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart
  3. ^ AA Projects Reviews 1973–1977
  4. ^ Rock Sets: the astonishing art of rock concert design: the works of Fisher Park / Sutherland Lyall. London: Thames and Hudson, 1992
  5. ^ "Mark Fisher – Total Production". Tpimagazine.com. 3 February 2008. http://www.tpimagazine.com/interviews/9076/mark_fisher.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  6. ^ British Architecture / Andreas Papadakis. pp 94–107, Architectural Design Publications, 1982
  7. ^ Comfortably Numb: A History of ‘The Wall’, Pink Floyd 1978–1981 / Vernon Fitch & Richard Mahon, PFA Publishing, 2006
  8. ^ Mobile Buhnen = Mobile Stages – Dirk Meyhofer, pp108-113, AVEdition GmbH Stuttgart 1999 ISBN 3-929638-24
  9. ^ Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture/ Jennifer Seigal. pp 78–89, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002
  10. ^ Techno Textiles / Braddock & Mahoney. pp 151–152, Thames & Hudson, 1998
  11. ^ Mark Fisher: Staged Architecture / Eric Holding. Chichester: Wiley-Academy, 2000
  12. ^ Mobile Buhnen = Mobile Stages – Dirk Meyhofer, pp118-125, AVEdition GmbH Stuttgart 1999 ISBN 3-929638-24
  13. ^ Portable Architecture, Design and Technology, Robert Kronenburg, 2008, Birkhäuser
  14. ^ "Tina Turner: North American Tour – Total Production". Tpimagazine.com. 13 January 2009. http://www.tpimagazine.com/production-profiles/185527/tina_turner.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  15. ^ Houses in Motion / Robert Kronenburg. pp 91–93, Academy Editions, 1995, ISBN 1-85490-395-0
  16. ^ U2 Show / Diana Scrimgeour. Orion, 2004
  17. ^ "First Night: U2, Camp Nou, Barcelona – Reviews, Music". The Independent. UK. 1 July 2009. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/first-night-u2-camp-nou-barcelona-1726328.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  18. ^ New Architecture 4 – British Architecture into the Millennium (January 2000), pp. 88–103, Papadakis ISBN 1-901-92-28 3
  19. ^ "Gabion: Mark Fisher and the Dome : Activating the Rogers Big Top 1/2". Hughpearman.com. http://www.hughpearman.com/articles/cwa9.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  20. ^ "Piemonte Pressway, e-news 14". Regione.piemonte.it. http://www.regione.piemonte.it/pressway/enews/enews14en.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  21. ^ "Behind the 29th Olympic Opening Ceremony". china.org.cn. http://www.china.org.cn/olympics/news/2008-08/10/content_16182023.htm. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  22. ^ Official Program, Key Members of Core Creative Team, Chief Designer
  23. ^ "Home – Welcome to the Official Website". We Will Rock You. http://www.wewillrockyou.co.uk/. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  24. ^ fisher.aspx[dead link]
  25. ^ "Gabion: The remarkable Mark Fisher and his $180m Las Vegas theatre for Cirque du Soleil". Hughpearman.com. 23 January 2005. http://www.hughpearman.com/articles5/cirque.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  26. ^ "Meet the creators of Viva Elvis | Viva ELVIS". Cirque du Soleil. http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/viva-elvis/show/creators/mark-fisher.aspx. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 

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