Contemporary European design can provide an effective roadmap for architects in the United States. Preserving the past while embracing innovation and reinvention, it IS possible to respect old [...]

This is Bea.  For the second year in a row, Eric and I are spending two months working from Italy! We are living in the same place where we stayed last year, right above Lake Como. The place [...]

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 [...]