Robert Alan Fowler was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 7, 1930 to Emmett Sarshfield Fowler and Thressa Victoria Giles Fowler. While attending East High School, Folwer obtained part-time employment for A. B. Paulson, an architect in Salt Lake City. It was during this time that Fowler met E. J. Bird and Stan Evans, who both became mentors to Fowler within the architecture profession. He started attending the University of Utah in 1947 and graduated with a Bachelors in Architecture in 1953. Fowler was awarded the Langley Scholarship which allowed him to complete a Masters of Architecture degree at a school of his choice. He selected Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated in 1954.
Fowler moved back to Salt Lake City, Utah and began apprenticing with Lorenzo S. Young. He then left the firm and began working on various architectural projects. In 1960, Fowler and Bing Young started a new firm, Young and Fowler Associates. In 1966, Bing Young died, so Fowler closed down the firm and set up Robert A. Fowler Associated Architects. Later on, Fowler along with Franklin T. Ferguson, M. Ray Kingston and Ken Ruben, formed the architectural firm, FFKR Architects in 1976.
During his career, Fowler was involved with working on many projects such as:
The Robert A. Fowler papers consist of autobiographical information and several scrapbooks detailing Fowler's personal and professional life.
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Donated by Robert A. Fowler in 2017.
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2019.
Autobiography by Robert A. Fowler.
This interview was conducted by Bim Oliver.
A thesis presented to the Department of Architecture, School of Fine Arts of the University of Utah, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Architecture.
A thesis presented to the Department of Architecture, School of Fine Arts of the University of Utah, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture.