Fast, Alfred H., 1917-2004

Alfred H. Fast (1917-2004), working for the architectural firm John Graham & Company, was the Project Architect for the Seattle World's Fair Space Needle. Fast graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Vienna in 1938, and served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Pacific front in World War II. While with John Graham & Company, Fast also worked on shopping mall projects in Washington and Oregon, including the Bon Marche, Alderwood Mall and Medford Shopping Mall. Fast also worked for Pietro Belluschi in Portland, Or., Victor Gruen Associates in Los Angeles, and WESTCOR in Phoenix, Ariz.

Alfred H. Fast (1917-2004), working for the architectural firm John Graham & Company, was the Project Architect for the Seattle World's Fair Space Needle. Fast graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Vienna in 1938, and served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the Pacific front in World War II. While with John Graham & Company, Fast also worked on shopping mall projects in Washington and Oregon, including the Bon Marche, Alderwood Mall and Medford Shopping Mall. Fast also worked for Pietro Belluschi in Portland, Oregon, Victor Gruen Associates in Los Angeles, and WESTCOR in Phoenix, Arizona.

Alfred Fast was married to Ruth Fast of Seattle. The couple had two children, Daniel Fast of Los Angeles and Josey Fast of Seattle.