Arthur Erickson
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Arthur Erickson
Arthur Charles Erickson, CCwas a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth14 June 1924
CountryCanada
Arthur Erickson quotes about
art expression design
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
artist america management
Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.
artist gone modernism
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.
dream artist california
No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.
art luxury easy
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
artist deeds-done action
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.
art energy building
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
artist choices research
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.
artist likes responsible
The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.
believe artist years
We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1,000 or 2,000 years ago, as undeveloped.
country artist crafts
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.
artist ecosystems fundamentals
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
artist america goal
With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
artist names historical
The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.