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Maurice Fatio (1897–1943) was a Swiss-born American architect. ==Biography== Maurice Fatio was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1897. He graduated from the Polytechnical School at the University of Zurich and studied under Swiss architect Karl Moser. In 1920, he came to New York City where he first worked for society architect Harrie T. Lindeberg. He soon branched out on his own in partnership with William A. Treanor who was twenty years his senior. In May 1923, the twenty-six-year-old Fatio was voted the most popular architect in New York.〔Johnson 1991 p. 201.〕 He moved to Palm Beach, Florida in 1925 and opened an office there〔Seebohm 2001 p. 239.〕 In Palm Beach, he began designing harmonious Mediterranean-style houses and eventually branched out into everything from Georgian to contemporary. In 1929, he married Eleanor Chase, a prominent Palm Beach society girl and novelist, in New York City.〔Palm Beach Post. July 20, 1929〕 Chase had earlier been the girl friend of Wilson Mizner.〔Seebohm 2001 p. 203.〕 His houses were so well known during his lifetime that composer-lyricist Cole Porter was inspired to write brightly in the late 1930s: I want to live on Maurice Fatio's patio...〔Kling, Cynthia. "Palm Beach style: move over, Mizner. Architect Maurice Fatio dazzled the society set, too.(STYLE LEGEND)." Veranda. 2010. HighBeam Research. (December 2, 2010). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-234703859.html〕 Fatio had two children with Eleanor, Alexandra and Peter. Maurice Fatio died young in his forties of cancer.〔Johnson 1991 p. 201.〕 His wife, Eleanor (1901–1944), died the next year.〔http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/304524/print〕 James H. Clark bought the 40,000 square foot ''Il Palmetto'' in 1999. In December 2010 ''Casa Alva'' sold for $27.5 M.〔()〕 That is a record as the second most expensive property that ever sold in Palm Beach County. The most expensive is Eastover which sold in July 1999 for $29.8 M to William Hearst. 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「Maurice Fatio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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