Team

Jim Fisher, AIA, NCARB

Where were you born?

Tampa, Florida

Where is your favorite travel destination?

Iceland

What’s something you’d still love to learn?

Music, Art, Architecture, Languages, and Biology

What are some of the projects you’re working on?

Multi-family, Retail, Child Services Center

Describe our company culture in one word?

Teamwork

What kind of projects do you want to work on (or technology you want to use) in the future?

Programmatically complex projects, where the response to the site is a critical component of the surrounding fabric, with the building structure and architecture expressing the nature of human interaction with the building. I wish the drawing technology used were second nature (to reduce time spent studying the drawing tools and allow more focus on building technology) and capable of expressing both the big picture and the details without separating them into distinct events or categories.

What do you hope to see in the future in the world of architecture and design?

I like to think that, deep into the future, we will be able to bio-engineer the built environment as a living organism. Instead of paving paradise to put up a parking lot (Joni Mitchell), we will be able to replace parking lots with paradise.

When did you know you wanted to be an architect/designer? (Or whatever you are, if you’re not an architect/designer!)

Still deciding….

What is something you collect?

Musical instruments and tools.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

A Sculpture Instructor told me you can always refine and enhance an energetic start, but it is hard to add energy to a lifeless beginning.

What is your favorite hobby?

Guitar/Tennis

Any other interesting fact about you?

Enough about me, please.