Frederick Fisher (architect)

Frederick B. Fisher, AIA, FAAR
File:Frederick Fisher in office.jpg
Born	Ohio, United States of America
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Oberlin College University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Architect
Awards	2013 AIA/LA Gold Medal 2008 Rome Prize in Architecture
Website	www.fisherpartners.net
Practice	Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects
Projects	Sunnylands Visitor Center MoMA PS1 Huntington Library

Frederick B. Fisher, AIA, FAAR, is an American architect whose professional practice is based in Southern California. He received his undergraduate degree in Art and Art History from Oberlin College and his Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1972. Fisher is most noted for building seminal academic institutions, museums, and contemporary residential projects throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. His approach to architecture comes from a broad cultural and social perspective. The son of an architect, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and Master of Architecture degree from UCLA. He chaired the Environmental Design Department at Otis College of Art & Design and has taught at Harvard, Columbia, USC, UCLA, and the Southern California Institute of Architecture, (SCI-Arc).

Fred currently serves as a member of the Board of Councilors for the USC School of Architecture. In addition, he has held numerous visiting instructor posts including USC, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Columbia University, SCI-Arc and the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA. Frederick is a Fellow with the American Academy in Rome, having won the 2008 Franklin D. Israel Rome Prize in Architecture. In 2001 he was awarded a first-ever C.O.L.A. Grant for architects from the City of Los Angeles. Other selected awards include a 2011 Innovation Awards “Best in Show” for the Annenberg IST Center at Caltech, a 2009 Westside Prize and SCDF Design Award for the Annenberg Community Beach House, a 2009 AIA Honor Award and SCDF Design Award for the Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology at Caltech, a 2008 Orchid Award for the Oceanside Museum of Art, an AIA Design award for the Santa Ynez Residence in 2007, AIA Restaurant Design Awards in 2009 & 2006 for Houston’s Restaurants in Denver and Santa Monica, and the Brendan Gill Prize for P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York in 2001.

As the architect for several renowned cultural landmarks including the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, and the visitor's center of the Sunnylands Estate in Rancho Mirage, California.