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Howard T. Fisher (1903-1979) had a long and varied career as an architect, city planner, and educator. Howard Taylor Fisher was born October 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Walter Lowrie Fisher and Mabel Taylor. He graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in 1926.〔Who's Who in America, 40th edition, 1978-1979.〕He attended the School of Architecture, Harvard University, from 1926 to 1928.〔http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/F-H/Fisher_Howard.pdf〕 == Work in Architecture== Fisher began his career as an architect in 1931 with a solo practice in Chicago that continued until 1943.〔http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/F-H/Fisher_Howard.pdf〕 In 1932, he founded General Houses, Inc. in Chicago to design, sell, and erect low-cost prefabricated housing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=General Houses, Inc. (Archive.org capture from April 8, 2011) )〕The basis of the houses that the company designed and built was a coordinated system of prefabricated steel-framed modular panels, of which there were eight kinds: solid, small window, large window, glass, entrance door, kitchen door, double doors, and a fireplace. All of the panels were four feet wide and all were nine feet high except for the fireplace panel, which was taller. A garage door panel was the same height as the other panels but twice the width. As modules, the panels could be assembled in a wide variety of configurations to suit individual clients and specific sites. One General Houses house, built on the side of a hill, had three stories, with the living room on the topmost floor to best enjoy the view. The General Houses, Inc. building system was the subject of U.S. patent 1,969,125 issued August 7, 1934. 〔"Our Homes," advertising brochure published by General Houses, Inc., editors J. Eugene Armes, Ruth Fisher, and P. D. Paddock, Chicago 1934.〕A marketing slogan of the company was "A house that's twice as good at half the price."〔 During the Century of Progress, Fisher had two prefabricated houses on display. The first prefabricated house was part of "The Work of the Young Architects of the Midwest" exhibit, the exhibit also featured the work of Fisher's rival, Robert W. McLaughlin, Jr. Another house, built for Ruth Page was described an interesting albeit gloomy house with an awkward spatial layout. General Houses, Inc.'s first house was erected in 1933 in Winnetka, Illinois, but no longer stands.〔 The House at 130 Mohegan Avenue is a surviving example of a General Houses house. Completed in November 1933 and costing about $4,500 in total, it is a single story by rectangular steel prefabricated home that rests upon a concrete slab.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About the House (Archive.org capture from January 8, 2009) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History (Archive.org capture from January 8, 2009) )〕 General Houses, Inc., wound up its business in 1947.〔http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/American%20Architects%20Directories/1956%20American%20Architects%20Directory/Bowker_1956_F.pdf〕 In 1943 Fisher established Howard T. Fisher & Associates, also in Chicago, to practice architecture and city planning. The firm wound up its business in 1965.〔Who's Who in America, 40th edition, 1978-1979.〕 He became a Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1949, remaining a Member until his death, becoming an Emeritus Member in 1966. He was made a member of the College of Fellows of the AIA in 1974.〔http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/F-H/Fisher_Howard.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard T. Fisher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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