Comments on: Arthur Erickson, Architect

By: Robert Crowe

Robert Crowe — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:23:23 +0000

It’s amazing to me to see the lack of respect for the modernist architects of the Vancouver, BC region. Arthur Erickson’s homes are wonderful works of art and there are many that come to market and are overlooked. This is a great time to be buying a mid-century modern home in or around Vancouver.

By: gordon melcher

gordon melcher — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:53:50 +0000

arthur,
the home you have posted on the bottom of your page feels very much like ray kappes home in rustic canyon california.
they both look awesome. did you study with ray or do you know him?
he designed a wonder home for me in pacific palisades, the keeler melcher home on akron st. ray was always helpful too, coming back and making suggestions when deemed necessary.

By: ed

ed — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:29 +0000

it never ceases to amaze me , how great architecture has such a profound effect on my emotions , sometimes reducing me to tears , Erickson you have stunned me , thank you !
RIP

By: Selena

Selena — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:27:55 +0000

a wickedly cool house.

By: GR8TCITIES

GR8TCITIES — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:22:38 +0000

Sadly Arthur Erickson passed away yesterday. A great humanist and a great architect, Arthur will be missed by all of us.
Thank you, Arthur, for your conscience, integrity, wonderful vision and great talent. You have shown us the way to a better world.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:36:52 +0000

These houses are beautiful. Some of them remind me of Raymond Kappe’s houses in California.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:20:11 +0000

At this time Douglas Fir beams were considered as a rough material and only a couple of artists would have agreed to use them…
“Gordon being a painter and Marion being a weaver, this was the one opportunity where I could use rough timber, because they’d both be interested in texture and not so fussy about things like splinters.”

By: Kwame Busia

Kwame Busia — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:57:11 +0000

I did a study on Arthur Erickson’s Graham House as part of my first year architectural precedents project. I actually contacted his firm and they replied to me with photographs and floor plans, and I was very grateful.
Just goes to show that Frank Lloyd Wright truly was onto something.
Not only were his buildings exquisite, but so were those of the people he taught,
Erickson and Lautner, and it is a pity we dont have many people around to teach architects to build unique and beautiful HOMES rather than merely aesthetically pleasing houses.
Also beautiful blog design, I just had to say that.

By: gingi khoza

gingi khoza — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:53:56 +0000

hi
im a first year architectural student, and would like to know more on the construction of your wood or timber house

By: john

john — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:42:31 +0000

great woods .. the design is simple