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3 unusual facts about Arthur Erickson


Arthur Erickson

His buildings were also the subject of painting by famous artists including Vancouver artist Tiko Kerr.

Edith Iglauer

She is the author of several non-fiction books, including Denison's Ice Road (1975), Seven Stones, a profile of the architect Arthur Erickson (1971), and The New People: The Eskimo's Journey into our Time (1966).

Walter Carsen Centre

This structure was completed in 1984, and designed by Arthur Erickson.


Canadian Centre for Architecture

Within the general collections it has special collections such as those pertaining to architectural games for children, universal exhibitions and their architecture, and significant architects including Ernest Cormier, Peter Eisenman, Arthur Erickson, John Hejduk, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and the artist Gordon Matta-Clark.

MacMillan Bloedel

--now owned by who?--> located at Thurlow and Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver was a highlight of the early architectural career of Arthur Erickson, who advocated the use of concrete as "the new marble" and employed it in the building's stark design, which is often compared locally to a concrete waffle.

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Housed in a building designed by noted Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, the collection focuses on works by Painters Eleven, who were founded in the Oshawa studio of Painters Eleven member Alexandra Luke.


see also

Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Arthur Erickson and landscape architect Cornelia Oberlander originally intended the pool to be opened as part of the new Museum of Anthropology in 1976; now, nearly thirty-five years later, their original vision for MOA has been fulfilled.