Arthur Erickson
An internationally celebrated Canadian architect and urban planner.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia
Arthur Erickson, an architect and urban planner whose modernist structures sought to respond to natural conditions, has died. He was 84.
A news release from his family says Erickson died in Vancouver Wednesday afternoon. It did not say how.
Erickson's buildings include the Canadian embassy in Washington, California Plaza in Los Angeles, Napp Laboratories in Cambridge, England, Kuwait Oil Sector Complex in Kuwait City and Kunlun Apartment Hotel Development in Beijing.
Erickson's architectural innovations, particularly in the use of glass and concrete, won him numerous awards including the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal, the French Academy of Architecture Gold Medal, the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
He was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1981, one of the country's highest honors.
Arthur Erickson
June 14, 1924 - May 20, 2009
Memory Book
“ Arthur Erickson; He listened to his clients and he listened to the earth and created architectural harmoney. Artist, dreamer, architect, and Listener ”
Posted by: JOSEPH MACKINNON - VANCOUVER
