A great architect who inspired not only the development of Vancouver but of many cities around the world passed away last night at the age of 84. Thankfully his spirit will remain with us through the works he designed that dot our local landscape, shaping our daily lives in living, working, or socialising.
The Vancouver Sun has terrific retrospect on his life and you can find out more from his site arthurerickson.com.
I thought the most fitting tribute would be to celebrate images of what
the man and his vision left to us along with his own words:
Design Philosophy
Architecture,
as I see it, is the art of composing spaces in response to existing
environmental and urbanistic conditions to answer a client’s needs. In this way the building becomes the resolution between its inner being and the outer conditions imposed upon it. It is never solitary but is part of its setting and thus must blend in a timeless way with its surroundings yet show its own fresh presence.The real needs are often beyond written briefs and become apparent through discussions and demonstrations. We come with extensive and valuable experience but no baggage so that each project is approached as new and
original territory, yet to be explored.
We are not peddlers of the fashionable. We believe that good design defies fashion, is truly innovative, eminently sensible, yet a source of inspiration to those who have the pleasure of living with it.
Arthur Erickson
Vancouver, BC 
He deffinitely helped build Vancouver!