This project started with a common design problem. The original entry had a few steps up from a concrete entry. Our clients would also enjoy the sun from this South-facing sitting area. Serving [...]

At Fisher ARCHitecture we focus on thoughtful, contextual, progressive, AND “healthy buildings”. The relevance of this field of studies has increased since the beginning of the pandemic. Yet, the [...]

On December 9, 2021 Bea and I spoke at the 2021 AIA Tri-State conference on the topic of “Building Small + Building Better”. Following our presentation, Robin Lobez, Director of [...]

Guess who was just named “#1 Best Residential Architect in Pittsburgh“?! It starts with FISH…  Thanks to Jack Cookson, Chief Editor at Home Builder Digest  for the recognition!  [...]

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Childhood memories are very powerful. Even if you don’t remember the faces or the names of people, you should have at least some memories of the location where events took place. Places have a [...]

As we have been quarantining and working from home like the rest of the world, Bea and I have been taking the time the time to think of how we - as architects - can help during this pandemic. Bea [...]

Having a Green Roof is the dream of many. It is also an ethical and sustainable architecture decision: Your home will be better insulated under a carpet of greenery. Adding a Green Roof will [...]

As millions of people around the world are asked to #stayhome, the dilemma for many is how to actually be healthy within the domestic walls. In this article we will focus in particular on the [...]

Thanks so much to writer, Patricia Sheridan and photographer, Pam Panchak, for their fine documentation of the Fisher ARCHitecture home/office, and for their portrayal of the (ahem) couple that [...]

Our homes and work environments have a huge impact on our physical and psychological health and in the past few years a number of certifications and standards like the WELL Building Standard and [...]

On Monday February, 24, Fisher ARCHitecture had the opportunity to overlap with Craig Dykers from Snøhetta twice. In the early afternoon, the co-founder of the Norwegian Architecture firm joined [...]

Bea presented a new class on the opportunities that arise when we don’t consider Zoning as the destination of our design efforts, but rather the starting point.

Liz Ogbu from Studio O was the second speaker of the CMU School of Architecture Spring 2020 Lecture Series.  To start at the end, her lecture culminated with a poem titled “Invitation to Brave [...]

Below is my note to Donald Trump responding to his administration’s efforts to require “classical architecture” for new federal buildings.  This is my edited version of the [...]

This is Bea’s writeup of Thursday night’s cool Philip Beesley lecture at Kresge Theater: On January, 23, 2020, the CMU School of Architecture kicked-off the Spring Lecture series with [...]

So what does this image represent and how is it that we can build such a thing affordably?  Here is the answer: You are looking at a side view of a ring designed with the parametric program, [...]

Eighteen small architecture firms met at my Fisher ARCHitecture home/office in Shadyside the evening of Thursday, October 17 between 5:30 and 7:30. This was a chance to meet fellow small firm [...]

I gave this lecture June 25, 2019 at Carnegie Mellon University to a packed house of OSHER members at Carnegie Mellon University.  In this talk I communicate my personal thoughts regarding [...]

Fisher ARCHitecture’s River House project has just won an American Institute of Architecture (AIA) merit award at this years Design Pittsburgh celebration!  We’re especially [...]

This was a Pecha Kucha talk I gave with Harvard educated landscape architect, Jiayu Qin, the evening of September 17, 2019 at Alloy 26.  Jiayu is a PA registered landscape architect working on [...]

Here’s an excerpt from my June 4 lecture with Bea Spolidoro AIA at “The 2019 AIA Conference on Architecture” in Las Vegas.  We talked about the advantages of adapting [...]

As we mentioned in our previous post, we are now working with the artist, Seth Clark, who is fascinated with the way buildings decompose over time.  As we have continued our exploration, we made [...]

The past couple weeks, we’ve been teaming with the remarkable Pittsburgh painter, Seth Clark to create an entry for a certain well known Fall architecture competition. Seth is interested in [...]

Here is a link to our just-updated Fisher ARCHitecture Aspinwall Marina text and images,  here is a link to Diana Nelson Jones’ thoughtful May 22, 2017 Post Gazette article on the the [...]

The video above shows me speaking at a program designed to give Allegheny County youth information about creative careers in business.  Our task was to refute the notion that many students [...]

Last week, Bea and I traveled to Milan and Barcelona where we studied the way new and old buildings can coexist. What a remarkable trip; and it was wonderful to travel with another architect with [...]

We can improve the environment by increasing the population density of American cities[1],[2]. Our team is proposing a novel way to increase urban density: Underutilized spaces are tucked under [...]

Here is one of the two architecture model galleries in our Pittsburgh architecture office.  Thanks are due to our interns, past and present, who made this photograph possible. #pittarchitecture [...]

Today at the Fisher Architecture office: Clockwise from upper left, Janet coordinates as Maddie builds, Iliya, reacts, and Joey drafts.  Not shown: Ray, Colin, and Eric

#Cummingsconstruction and @fisherarch celebrate the just-installed river house  #riverhouse #bridge that now connects the rooftop garage to #butlerstreet.  This remarkable #hillsidehome will soon [...]