Arthur Erickson
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Arthur Charles Erickson, CC (June 14, 1924 — May 20, 2009) was an internationally celebrated Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University.
Most of his buildings are modernist concrete structures designed to respond to the natural conditions of its location, especially climate. Many buildings, such as the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, are inspired by the post and beam architecture of the Coastal First Nations. Additionally, Erickson is also known for numerous futuristic designs such as the Fresno City Hall and the Biological Sciences Building at the University of California, Irvine.
The personal selection of Arthur Erickson as the architect for the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC by then-Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was controversial because Trudeau overruled the objections and choices of the embassy's design committee.
In 1973 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1981. His family announced that he died in Vancouver, the city of his birth, on May 20, 2009.
Works
- Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Eglinton West Subway Station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Yorkdale Subway Station, Toronto, Canada
- Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
- Robson Square, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- City Hall, Fresno, California, USA
- Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA
- McGaugh Hall, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
- Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
- Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, USA
- RCMP Heritage Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Walter Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
- King's Landing, Toronto, Canada
- The Kingbridge Centre, King City, Ontario, Canada
- Ritz-Carlton Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada (canceled)
