Fisher Frederick and Partners

What Fisher Frederick and Partners does

Frederick Fisher and Partners (FF&P) is a privately held architecture and interior design firm founded in 1978 by Frederick Fisher and headquartered in Los Angeles, with a second studio in New York. The firm operates as a holistic design practice organized around four pillars — Culture, Learn, Live, and Work — serving cultural institutions, universities, civic bodies, and private residential clients primarily in the United States, with selected international commissions across Europe and Asia. Signature work includes the Natural History Museum of LA County NHM Commons expansion ($75M, opened December 2024), the City of Santa Monica City Hall East (the first municipal Living Building Challenge Net Zero Water/Energy certified building), Princeton University's Eric and Wendy Schmidt Hall (230,000 SF), Vassar's Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Lawrence University Hall Commons, USC's Annenberg School renovation, and museums including LACMA, the J. Paul Getty Villa, MoMA PS1, The Huntington, Flint Institute of Arts, and the Colby College Museum of Art.

The firm's core technical capability combines sustainable building certification expertise (Living Building Challenge, LEED Platinum/Gold, Net Zero), historic-sensitive renovation of A. Quincy Jones–era structures, mass-timber hybrid construction (e.g., Princeton Schmidt Hall with ~30% embodied carbon reduction), and exhibition design including the reusable central-spine armature system developed for LACMA's Resnick Pavilion. FF&P employs approximately 14 staff members including three Partners (Founding Partner Frederick Fisher, Managing Partner Joseph Coriaty FAIA, and Partner Emeritus David Ross) plus senior associates, project architects, and operational staff. Practice is supported by a curated visual essay collection ("Delight") and published monographs (Rizzoli, Aedes, Oro Editions).

FF&P earns revenue through project-based professional service fees on architecture, interior design, master planning, and exhibition design commissions. Pricing is engagement-based and quote-based — varying by project scope, square footage, complexity, and certification requirements — and is not publicly disclosed. The firm does not pursue external funding, is not publicly listed, and operates without a disclosed parent company or institutional investor. Go-to-market relies on partner-led relationship development, invited design competitions (e.g., Pershing Square Renew, 1871 Chinese Massacre Memorial), repeat institutional clients, and inbound inquiries via the firm's website and direct partner referrals.

Name

Fisher Frederick and Partners

Legal name

Frederick Fisher and Partners

Website

https://fisherpartners.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Frederick Fisher and Partners is a Los Angeles and New York architecture and interior design firm founded in 1978, serving cultural institutions, universities, civic clients, and private residences with sustainable, historic-sensitive design and signature projects including NHM Commons and Santa Monica City Hall East.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Sustainable building design
• Master planning services
• Exhibition design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architectural design fees: Project-based professional service fees earned on architecture, interior design, master planning and exhibition design commissions for cultural, educational, civic, commercial, and residential clients. Typical engagement-based (one-time per project) with multi-year project lifecycles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

Frederick Fisher and Partners is a holistic architecture and interior design practice that delivers integrated architecture, interior design, master planning, and exhibition design services for cultural institutions, museums, universities, civic buildings, custom residences, and commercial clients. Projects are organized around four design pillars—process, context, function, and aesthetics—and emphasize sustainability certification, art integration, and contextually-responsive design across the Culture, Learn, Live, and Work project categories.

Product overview

Frederick Fisher and Partners (FF&P) is a single integrated architecture and interior design practice, not a multi-product software platform; its "offerings" are design services organized around four pillars — Culture, Learn, Live, and Work — and the firm's project portfolio is the catalogue of named services. Signature Culture commissions include the Natural History Museum of LA County (NHM Commons), LACMA Master Plan & Exhibition Design, J. Paul Getty Museum Villa Renovation, MoMA PS1 Renovation, Sunnylands Center and Gardens, the Huntington Erburu Gallery and Fielding Wing, Descanso Gardens Sturt-Haaga Gallery, Annenberg Community Beach House, Flint Institute of Arts, Colby College Museum of Art, Long Beach / Oceanside / Otis / Broad / L.A. Louver / Marc Selwyn gallery work, and the Armory Show fair environment. Signature Learn commissions include Eric and Wendy Schmidt Hall at Princeton, Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts, Lawrence University Hall Commons, USC Annenberg School for Communication, Otis College Galef Fine Arts Center, Ojai Valley School rebuild, and Caltech's Athenaeum / Baxter / Downs-Lauritsen / Annenberg IST buildings. Signature Live work comprises custom residences such as the Ojai, Santa Ynez, and Mandeville Canyon residences. Signature Work projects include the City of Santa Monica City Hall East (the first municipal Living Building Challenge Net Zero Water/Energy certified building). Other practice areas span temples (Leo Baeck), monasteries (Metta Forest), monuments (1871 Chinese Massacre finalists), adaptive reuse (Bergamot Station Arts Center), civic park structures (Tongva Park Comfort Station), and interior design for cultural institutions, galleries, and private collectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Interior Design Practice Holistic architecture and interior design practice organized around four pillars (process, context, function, aesthetics) and four project categories (Culture, Learn, Live, Work), delivered through two studios in Los Angeles and New York for cultural, educational, civic, commercial, and residential clients.
• Master Planning and Exhibition Design Master planning and exhibition design services for museums, civic sites, and cultural campuses, including the development of reusable exhibition armature systems (e.g., central-spine galleries at LACMA's Resnick Pavilion) that accommodate successive exhibitions without costly reconstruction.
• Sustainable and Historic-Sensitive Design Specialized design service delivering Living Building Challenge, LEED Platinum/Gold, Net Zero Water/Energy, and carbon-neutral building projects, including heritage-sensitive renovation of historic and architecturally significant structures (e.g., Princeton 1909 Guyot Hall, A. Quincy Jones estates, USC Annenberg historic building).

Quantifiable outcome

• First municipal building to achieve Living Building Challenge Net Zero Water & Energy certification
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship - co-architect on princeton's flagship eric and wendy schmidt hall project, project-level partnership on tongva park, project consultant on leo baeck temple, project consultant on sunnylands center, project consultant on sunnylands, core engineering partner on living building challenge project, development partner for bergamot arts district redesign, project vendor - video production and operator partner for vassar/crossroads inn.

• Shepley Bulfinchflagship - co-architect on princeton's flagship eric and wendy schmidt hall projectStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-architect partner on Princeton University's Eric and Wendy Schmidt Hall. FF&P led design while Shepley Bulfinch served as Partner Architect on the 230,000 SF renovation of 1909 Gothic Revival Guyot Hall and new mass-timber/masonry addition. Joint project targeting Princeton's 2046 carbon neutrality goal.
• James Corner Field Operationsproject-level partnership on tongva parkStrategic or Co-development PartnerFF&P served as design consultant to James Corner Field Operations for the public restroom/comfort station at Santa Monica's Tongva Park. Project explores single-stall restrooms as an alternative to conventional gender-designated rooms.
• Katherine Spitz Associatesproject consultant on leo baeck templeImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on the Leo Baeck Temple campus master plan and renovation/expansion. Joint team review sessions with the Client produced the approved campus master plan and Phases II/III expansions.
• The Office of James Burnettproject consultant on sunnylands centerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on the Sunnylands Center & Gardens project - collaborated to reinterpret the splendor of Sunnylands with a sustainable, indigenous desert garden.
• CMG Landscape Architectureproject consultant on sunnylandsImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRenovated the Dick Wilson-designed golf course at Sunnylands estate.
• Buro Happoldcore engineering partner on living building challenge projectImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMEP Engineer, Facades, Lighting, Sustainability and Living Building Consultant on the Santa Monica City Hall East project - central partner in achieving Net Zero Water/Energy and Living Building Challenge certification.
• Ltd/Worthe Real Estatedevelopment partner for bergamot arts district redesignStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer partner with the City of Santa Monica on the innovative redesign of Bergamot Station Arts Center into the Bergamot Arts District, integrating the Expo Line Light Rail stop, creative office space, restaurants and recreation areas.
• Prismedia LLCproject vendor - video productionOthersVideo credits partner for Santa Monica City Hall East documentary content.
• Olympia Hospitalityoperator partner for vassar/crossroads innStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected to develop and manage The Crossroads Inn (and The Salt Line restaurant) at Vassar College - operates the FF&P-designed inn built for Vassar's Institute for the Liberal Arts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based architecture and design firm with a comparable cultural, residential, and civic portfolio and a similarly partner-led boutique structure (Jim Olson, Tom Kundig). Both firms emphasize craft, art integration, and a strong founder/principal-led identity in cultural and high-end residential work.
• Marmol Radziner: LA-based architecture and construction practice with overlapping expertise in sustainable, modernist design, cultural commissions, and high-end custom residences. Both firms operate from Los Angeles, focus on design-build delivery, and are known for tightly integrated architecture/interior design.
• Ennead Architects: New York architecture firm (formerly Polshek Partnership) known for cultural, educational, and civic institutions (e.g., natural history and science museums, university buildings). Directly comparable to FF&P in cultural-institutional typology, scale of projects, and partnership structure.
• Allied Works Architecture: Cultural architecture firm with a strong portfolio in museums, university buildings, and civic projects (e.g., National Music Centre, Stanford, University of Michigan). Comparable in project typology, sustainability ambitions, and partner-led boutique scale.
• Studio Gang: Chicago-based architecture practice with overlapping sustainability, cultural, and civic focus (e.g., Writers Theatre, Natural History Museum projects). Comparable in sustainability leadership, partnership-driven boutique structure, and cultural-typology expertise.
• Steven Holl Architects: New York architecture firm known for cultural, educational, and sustainability-driven design (e.g., Kiasma, MIT Simmons Hall, Hunters Point). Comparable founder-led identity, sustainability leadership, and museum/university typology.
• Brooks + Scarpa: LA-based architecture firm with a strong sustainability and civic portfolio (LEED Platinum projects, affordable housing, cultural work). Comparable geographic base, sustainability leadership, and cultural/civic focus at a similar boutique scale.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Internationally recognized architecture and design firm with comparable cultural, civic, and sustainability expertise (e.g., SFMOMA expansion, library projects). Larger and broader portfolio, but overlaps directly on cultural-institutional commissions and sustainability positioning.
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Global cultural-architecture firm behind major museum expansions (LACMA, Whitney, Menil). Directly comparable on cultural-institutional typology, though at significantly larger scale and global reach; competes with FF&P on invited museum commissions.
• Safdie Architects: Global architecture firm with comparable cultural and civic typology (e.g., Crystal Bridges, Kauffman Center, Khalsa Heritage Centre). Larger scale, but directly comparable on cultural-institutional commissions and museum design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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