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...Arthur Erickson designs an airy, elegant masterpiece...
North Americans have built handsome cities and grown tired of them, as children grow tired of their presents after Christmas. Few architects are as aware of such urban waste as Canada's Arthur Erickson, 54, and few have done more to restore vitality to the inner city. His latest and most ambitious undertaking is a combination of function and fantasy in the heart of his native Vancouver. Formally opened in September, the downtown complex has already put new fizz in the life of a provincial city...
...Erickson's oeuvre in Canada's largest West Coast city is a multilevel, three-block megastructure that blends greenery, glass, pools and waterfalls, ramps, steps and terraces, domes, blossoms and trees...
Such objections are not new to Erickson, whom the architectural world generally regards as one of its most thoughtful and innovative builders. He has been designing houses, corporate complexes and public works (two enchanting Toronto subway stations, the striking Simon Fraser University outside Vancouver) since 1963. He first attracted wide international acclaim with the stunning Canadian Pavilion at Montreal's Expo '67, and his teasing, mirror-sheathed pavilion at Japan's Expo '70 won the top architectural award among 1,000 buildings from 78 countries...
...Jane Erickson Mt. Prospect...