Mark Fisher, OBE, MVO, RDI (20 April 1947 – 25 June 2013) was a British architect best known for his rock music stage sets. He was born in Warwickshire, England.
Fisher graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA School) in London in 1971.Experimental Architecture / Peter Cook. pp 63–64, Studio Vista, 1970Pneumatic Architecture / Thomas Herzog. pp 56,134, Crosby Lockwood Staples, 1977, Translated from 'Pneumatische Architektur' 1976 by Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart He was a Unit Master at the AA School from 1973 to 1977.AA Projects Reviews 1973–1977 In 1984 he set up the Fisher Park Partnership with Jonathan Park.Rock Sets: the astonishing art of rock concert design: the works of Fisher Park / Sutherland Lyall. London: Thames and Hudson, 1992 The partnership was dissolved in 1994 when he established Stufish, the Mark Fisher Studio.
Stage sets Fisher designed stage sets for Pink Floyd (including 'In the Flesh Tour' performed live in 1977, ‘The Wall Tour’ performed live 1980–81 (with Roger Waters and Gerald Scarfe)British Architecture / Andreas Papadakis. pp. 94–107, Architectural Design Publications, 1982Comfortably Numb: A History of 'The Wall', Pink Floyd 1978–1981 / Vernon Fitch & Richard Mahon, PFA Publishing, 2006 and 'The Division Bell Tour' 1994),Mobile Buhnen = Mobile Stages – Dirk Meyhofer, pp. 108–113, AVEdition GmbH Stuttgart 1999 for The Rolling Stones (including Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour 1989,Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture/ Jennifer Seigal. pp. 78–89, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002 Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994,Techno Textiles / Braddock & Mahoney. pp. 151–152, Thames & Hudson, 1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour 1997,Mark Fisher: Staged Architecture / Eric Holding. Chichester: Wiley-Academy, 2000Mobile Buhnen = Mobile Stages – Dirk Meyhofer, pp. 118–125, AVEdition GmbH Stuttgart 1999 A Bigger Bang Tour 2005, and 50 & Counting... Tour 2012),Portable Architecture, Design and Technology, Robert Kronenburg, 2008, Birkhäuser Mylène Farmer (Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy in 2006, 2009 Tour and Timeless in 2013), Tina Turner and U2 (including the Zoo TV Tour in 1992,Houses in Motion / Robert Kronenburg. pp. 91–93, Academy Editions, 1995, PopMart Tour 1997U2 Show / Diana Scrimgeour. Orion, 2004 and the U2 360° Tour in 2009), and for the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Concert, Madonna's 2012 The MDNA Tour, Lady Gaga's 2012 Born This Way Ball and for the Metallica's World Magnetic Tour. In 2000, he created the Millennium Dome ShowNew Architecture 4 – British Architecture into the Millennium (January 2000), pp. 88–103, Papadakis with Peter Gabriel. He has designed opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics (Torino 2006 and Beijing 2008), The Genesis' Turn It On Again: The Tour, The Million Dollar Piano for Elton John and the 2010 Asian Games,Official Program, Key Members of Core Creative Team, Chief Designer and stage sets for theatrical shows including We Will Rock You and both KÀfisher.aspx and Viva Elvis by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. He designed the stage sets for Laura Pausini's Inedito World Tour.
Fisher designed the Han Show theatre in 2010. Fisher and his team worked closely with the client, designing a viable building alongside their vision of innovative technology and exhilarating spectacle.
Fisher died in his sleep on 25 June 2013 at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead, UK, leaving an estate, before taxes, of more than £7 million. His design for Elton John's Diving Board Tour debuted posthumously.
Exhibitions 2021: Mark Fisher: Drawing Entertainment. Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin
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Stufish Mark Fisher Building Pink Floyd's Wall and U2's Claw - Wall Street Journal