AIA Gold Medal Companion of the Order of Canada Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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University of Lethbridge Simon Fraser University Canadian Chancery, Washington Museum of Glass Robson Square Roy Thomson Hall Museum of Anthropology at UBC 1 Cal Plaza Napp Research Centre San Diego Convention Center
Arthur Charles EricksonCCFAIAFRAICHon FRIBA (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Engineering at the University of British Columbia and, in 1950, received his B.Arch. (Honours) from McGill University.[1] He is known as Canada's most influential architect[2] and was the only Canadian architect to win the American Institute of Architects AIA Gold Medal (in 1986, for the Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.). When told of Erickson's award, Philip Johnson said, "Arthur Erickson is by far the greatest architect in Canada, and he may be the greatest on this continent."[3]
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Arthur Charles Erickson CC FAIA FRAIC Hon FRIBA (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Engineering at the...
Klassen's 2005 film, Toronto Architecture, interviews ArthurErickson about the structure. Erickson talks of the point of the grey structure being that...
Law Courts and surrounding plaza known as Robson Square (designed by ArthurErickson) and the Vancouver Library Square (designed by Moshe Safdie and DA...
329 million sq ft (123,500 m2) of office space. The towers were designed by ArthurErickson Architects and named BOMA Building of the Year in 1997 and 2001. California...
a redesign from another architectural firm, ArthurErickson Architects. The reconceptualization Erickson came up with was of a skyscraper laid on its...
Archigram Louis Armet Welton Becket Santiago Calatrava Le Corbusier ArthurErickson Future Systems Michael Graves Zaha Hadid Denis Laming John Lautner...
established as a nonprofit organization in 1996. Canadian architect ArthurErickson was chosen to design the museum's building in 1997. Construction of...
meters above sea level, be chosen for the new university. Architects ArthurErickson and Geoffrey Massey won a competition to design the university, and...
across West Georgia Street. The triangular tower, designed by architect ArthurErickson, twists gradually, with increasing elevation, up to 45 degrees from...
condominium building. This structure was completed in 1984, and designed by ArthurErickson. The 320 unit building was one of the first condominiums to be built...
between 1972–1974. Eva worked for ArthurErickson Architects from 1974–1984 with husband Kiyoshi Matsuzaki. At ArthurErickson, she was the design coordinator...
permanent location. University Hall was designed by the renowned architect ArthurErickson and sits within the coulees above the Oldman River. University Hall...
convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard. In 1928, Arthur and Alfred Erickson, using borrowed money, opened a small general store in Centuria...
convention facility in North America. It was designed by Canadian architect ArthurErickson. Capacity for the facility is 125,000. The center's most distinguishing...
Bloedel and was designed by Erickson/Massey Architects with Francis Donaldson. The partner-in-charge of design was ArthurErickson, who conceived the building...
Marani Rounthwaite & Dick (successor to Marani, Lawson and Morris) and ArthurErickson. The building contains an enclosed courtyard with a large tropical...
communications facility in King City, Ontario, Canada. It was designed by ArthurErickson and built in 1989. Eli Hollinshead purchased a 200-acre (0.81 km2)...
In 1976, the new building, designed by renowned Canadian architect ArthurErickson, opened under new director Michael M. Ames, who served from 1974 to...
construction cost of $2.5 million the museum building, designed by ArthurErickson, opened in 1976. That same year, the university launched a normal school...
architectural works. He was known for his partnership with architect ArthurErickson that produced notable designs including the Simon Fraser University...
05 million sq ft (98,000 m2) of office space. The towers were designed by ArthurErickson Architects and named BOMA Building of the Year in 1989. California...
service branches of the MOD). Air Defense Ministry Building designed by ArthurErickson Architects with Bing Thom "Royal Saudi Land Forces History". GlobalSecurity...
Matsuzaki/Wright Architects, 1995 Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., with ArthurErickson Architects, 1989 National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, with Moshe Safdie...
rising from water. To get inspiration for the style, the architect, ArthurErickson, traveled to Agra and Amritsar. In 1979, the annual income of the KDS...
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