Louis I. Kahn's Fisher House was built in Hatboro, Pa.,
between 1960 and 1967 for a well-respected doctor, the late Norman Fisher. Last year, Norman Fisher's
children began the process of prepping the house for sale through the National
Trust, which is in charge of ensuring that its architectural integrity is
preserved. Here, Norman Fisher's daughter Nina writes about what she learned
from growing up in a Lou Kahn house.
By
Nina Fisher
I was all
of three years old when my parents, Norman and Doris Fisher, met Louis Kahn for
the first time. After several disappointing meetings with area architects, they
asked Lou to design a home for our family in the north-of-Philadelphia town of
Hatboro, about a half a mile from where we lived above my dad’s office.
Since we already had a place to live, my parents had the luxury of
time to make sure they got our new house right. They didn’t press Kahn to hurry
through plans, and they didn’t accept the first design he laid out on paper.
They became a team, my parents and Lou, assessing needs versus desires,
considering fiscal constraints, and scrutinizing Lou’s many drawings, plans,
and scribbles. They fully embraced his visionary approach and
poetic take on architecture.
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