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Arthur Charles Erickson
Born:
June 16, 1924, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died:
May 20, 2009, Vancouver (aged 84)
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Museum of Glass
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The Museum of Anthropology, designed by Arthur Erickson, on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
The Museum of Anthropology, designed by Arthur Erickson, on the campus of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Arthur Erickson

Canadian architect
Also known as: Arthur Charles Erickson
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Museum of Glass, designed by Arthur Erickson, Tacoma, Washington.
Museum of Glass, designed by Arthur Erickson, Tacoma, Washington.

Arthur Erickson (born June 16, 1924, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—died May 20, 2009, Vancouver) was a Canadian architect. He first earned wide recognition with his plan for Simon Fraser University (1963–65), designed with Geoffrey Massey, which included an enormous skylit indoor plaza serving as a sensitive response to a cool, rainy climate. Robson Square, Vancouver (1978–79), a large civic centre, incorporated waterfalls, a roof garden, plazas, and stairs with integrated ramps. His other works include the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology (1976), with its succession of concrete piers and broad expanses of glass; the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (1989), a blend of contemporary and Neoclassical elements echoing its surroundings; and the Museum of Glass (2002) in Tacoma, Washington, featuring a 90-foot (27-metre) cone of stainless steel.

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