Mark Fisher (architect)

For other people named Mark Fisher, see Mark Fisher (disambiguation).

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 KÀ^[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. 

External links

• International Movie Data Base entry
• Stufish
• http://www.arcspace.com/architects/fisher_mark/mark_fisher_features.html
• http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703989304575504293302648522.html

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Name	Fisher, Mark
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Date of birth	1947
Place of birth	Warwickshire, England
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