Main entry:

Stouck, David, 1940- author.

Title & Author:

Arthur Erickson : an architect's life / David Stouck.

Publication:

Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [2013]
©2013

Description:

ix, 460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes quotations from Arthur Erickson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. A portrait of the architect as a young man. Child; Prodigy; Soldier; Student; Traveller; Europe; Apprentice; The Filberg House -- Part II. The weight of Heaven. Japan; Public lecturer; Simon Fraser University; Francisco Kripacz; Huckster; University of Lethbridge -- Part III. Master builder. Robson Square; The Museum of Anthropology, UBC; The Canadian Chancery -- Part IV. Celebrity. The Middle East; Bankrupt; Local celebrity.
Issued also in electronic format.
Includes mentions of Phyllis Lambert and the CCA.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Arthur Erickson, Canada's preeminent philosopher-architect, was renowned for his innovative approach to landscape, his genius for spatial composition and his epic vision of architecture for people. Erickson worked chiefly in concrete, which he called "the marble of our times," and wherever they appear, his buildings move the spirit with their poetic freshness and their mission to inspire. Erickson was also a controversial figure, more than once attracting the ire of his fellow architects, and leading a complicated personal life that resulted in a series of bankruptcies. In a fall from grace that recalls a Greek tragedy, Canada's great architect--a handsome, elegant man who lived like a millionaire and counted among his close friends Pierre Trudeau and Elizabeth Taylor--eventually became penniless. Arthur Erickson is both an intimate portrait of the man and a stirring account of how he made his buildings work."--Publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781771620994 (paperback)
1771620994 (paperback)
9781771000116 (cloth)
1771000112 (cloth)
9781771000123 (e-book)
1771000120 (e-book)

Subject:

Erickson, Arthur, 1924-2009.
Erickson, Arthur / 1924-2009.
Architects Canada Biography.
Architecture Canada History 20th century.
Architectes Canada Biographies.
Architecture Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Modern movement (Architecture) Canada History 20th century.
Architects.
Architecture.
Architektur
Canada.
Kanada

Form/genre:

Biographie.
Biographies.
Quotations (texts)
History.

Added entries:

Erickson, Arthur, 1924-2009
Lambert, Phyllis
Centre canadien d'architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 289762
Call No.: NA44.E68.9 S7 2013
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main canada 283990
Call No.: NA44.E68.9 S7 2013
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available