Fisher Apartments Architectural Model

This architectural object is inspired by the Fisher Apartments, also known as the Fisher Studio Houses — a landmark example of pre-war modern residential architecture in Chicago, designed by Andrew N. Rebori and Edgar Miller.

Completed in the mid-1930s, the building is celebrated for its composed modern façade, studio-style interiors, and carefully planned courtyard setting. These qualities make it especially compelling when interpreted as a physical architectural object.

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A modern studio building, distilled into form

 

The Fisher Apartments were conceived as studio homes — spaces designed for creative life, light, and volume rather than conventional domestic layouts. Their architecture combines streamlined modern expression with a human scale and a strong relationship between interior and exterior.

This architectural model focuses on the elements that define the building’s identity:

• clear, modern façade geometry

• disciplined window rhythm and surface composition

• the legibility of the complex as a composed ensemble

Reduced to object form, these features reveal the architectural logic of the design with clarity and restraint.

 

Why Fisher Apartments work as an architectural model

 

Fisher Apartments translate particularly well into an architectural object because their design is driven by:

• proportion rather than ornament

• spatial composition rather than surface detail

• a clear relationship between massing, openings, and courtyard space

At reduced scale, the building reads as a precise modern composition — a study in how early modernism could be intimate, domestic, and rigorously architectural at the same time.

Rather than functioning as a literal miniature, this object captures the architectural essence of the Fisher Apartments.

 

Craft, materials, and finish

 

Each Fisher Apartments object is crafted with an emphasis on precision and restraint. The finish is intentionally understated, allowing light and shadow to articulate the building’s geometry and surface rhythm, echoing the subtle expression of the original structure.

The result is an object that sits naturally within:

• architectural and design studios

• modern and mid-century interiors

• shelves and workspaces

It appeals to architects, designers, and collectors drawn to early modernism and Chicago’s rich architectural history.

 

An object shaped by creative living

 

The Fisher Apartments occupy a unique position in architectural history — a building designed not around spectacle or monumentality, but around the lived experience of making and inhabiting space.

As an object, the building becomes a study in modern residential thinking: disciplined, humane, and quietly expressive.

Product details

 

• Subject: Fisher Apartments (Fisher Studio Houses), Chicago, USA

• Architects: Andrew N. Rebori and Edgar Miller

• Architectural style: Art Moderne / Early Modernism

• Original completion: 1936

• Designed and made by: Chisel & Mouse

 

Learn more about Fisher Apartments (Chicago)

 

For a detailed exploration of the building’s architecture, studio-living concept, courtyard planning, and legacy within Chicago modernism, see our in-depth guide:

Fisher Apartments (Chicago) Architecture: Rebori & Miller’s Studio Homes