His buildings are well-crafted and profoundly intelligent in their design and organization. They
dissolve conventional distinctions between art and science, space and structure, building and
landscape, architecture and urban design, and they are absolutely contextual in the ways that
they address site, climate, culture and history, daylight and the natural colour of materials. They
are without exception not merely beautiful but delightful. They are unimaginably original in the
extent to which they anticipate, interpret and redefine our expectations. They often seem
impossibly 'right' for their place and time, and they can be breathtaking.

David Covo

He's my oldest friend. I'm going to miss him dreadfully and I know a lot
of people will. Arthur was one of the great Canadians. He wasn't just
a good architect – he was a great man.
Erickson never dwelled on the past. He was always a visionary,
he looked forward. He appreciated young architects and incorporated
new ideas and modern trends into his designs up until the end.

Gordon Smith

I just heard that Arthur Erickson passed away, I remember meeting him
when I was considering a career path in Architecture, and the honest
and sincere advice he offered me! I wish I had written down everything
he said, it helped give me direction back then, and so I find myself where
I am today, not an Architect but a Designer! Arthur Erickson was not
just a talented man, but a kind and very wise man!

"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our
conscious self takes over." ~ Arthur Erickson

Thank you ... Rest in Peace Arthur!

Julian Luckham

I feel so honoured to have been one of Arthur's students in the early '60s who witnessed and participated in so many of his early designs,
each one a treasure to conceive and behold. Later it was my joy and a personal career highlight, as part of the design team, to work tirelessly
with Arthur and Francisco on the magnificent Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto in the late '70s and early '80s.

I am now a semi-retired architect who continues to pursue her art which was sparked so intensely long ago by those early architectural studies,
inspired to follow her own path, and forever celebrating the teaching, life work, and influence of Arthur Erickson.

Margaret Soon Holland

A long ago visit to the Museum of Anthropology started me on
a journey that continues to twist and turn in wonderful ways.
Thank you for your inspiring work. A challenge and a delight.

~ Aaron Bourgoin,

Arthur was an amazing man in many ways. Having worked
with him for years on projects in Canada and the Middle East,
I can confirm that he was incredibly open to the ideas of the
architects working for him - yet somehow always improving on
them - a terrific learning process. I'll always remember his
amazing stories of his travels and the time spent in his office
was truly a gift I'll always remember.

~ David Siverson,

He conceived beauty in his mind and then created it in the
world for us to share.

His life and works are an inspiration.

~ Douglas Morris,

I remember meeting architects in Paris, Beijing, Baghdad and beyond who - as soon as I told them I was Canadian - would mention Arthur's name with great respect. I
only wish he could have been better appreciated and celebrated here.

I remember what a great dancer Arthur was. He came to my book launch (for Dancing in the No Fly Zone: a Woman's Journey Through Iraq) in 2005 at the Vancouver
Museum. After some Iraqi dancing, I put on some Cuban music and within minutes Arthur was on the dance floor, spinning me around like a salsa god. I was very
impressed with his dancing skills.

I remember Arthur with great joy, friendship and admiration, but also with a deep sense of loss, both personally and for the world of architecture. I shall miss his
presence, his warmth and personality and also his great support and encouragement of young artists, writers and architects. I sincerely hope that his legacy will live on.

I dreamt of Arthur the other night. He came to meet me at a cafe and told a rather droll story about how badly designed the entrance to heaven was. Of course he was
busy redesigning it. But he did say he was enjoying all the dancing.

Hadani Ditmars

He was a good man, a man of ability and dreams, a man that made a worthwhile contribution to this world,
and a man that I will sincerely miss.

Bogue Babicki