Mark Fisher (architect)

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

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