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A lot of work has gone into it. It’s like a painting. So the glass is offset in places to take the light a certain way and separate that surface from the rest of the building. A lot of care has gone into organizing that visually. It’ll become apparent over the years. You’ll see it and you’ll say: Oh, that’s what he was doing. — The New York Times
Gehry, whose family left Toronto for Los Angeles in 1947, also detailed his misgivings at the city’s contemporary development. The landscape has taken an even more markedly vertical turn since the beginning of 2021 thanks to a “race to the top” among developers (including the backers of the... View full entry
Sold late August for nearly $2.75 million, Arthur Erickson's Filberg House in Comox, British Columbia was designed in 1959 and is said to be the first residential property designed by the Vancouver-born architect. The recent sale of the home has stirred up some concern amongst Erickson fans. Some... View full entry
A battle over proposed design and safety upgrades to an out-of-compliance "stramp" design by Canadian architect Arthur Erickson from the 1970s is taking shape in British Columbia, Canada. Simon Scott, the director of Erickson's Foundation, said of the late architect: "He wanted to make public... View full entry
Vancouver-based modernist architect Arthur Erickson has died at the age of 84 from Alzheimers. Vancouver Sun | Discuss Some previous news articles about Arthur Erickson...Famed architect runs afoul of regulatorArthur Erickson, the BrandControversy Looms over Robson SquareStamp Honours... View full entry
Arthur Erickson has been called Canada's most famous architect and the first to put Canadian architecture on the world map. But he is no longer allowed to call himself an architect, according to his home province's regulatory body. Or at least not when it comes to buildings currently going up... View full entry
