Arthur Erickson

Canadian architect and urban planner (1924–2009)

Person human Q268732

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: June 14, 1924
Date of death: May 20, 2009
Place of birth: Vancouver
Place of death: Vancouver
Country of citizenship: Canada^[7]
Occupation: architect, university teacher
Employer: University of British Columbia^[8]
Educated at: University of British Columbia, McGill University^[9]^[10]
Award received: AIA Gold Medal, Molson Prize, Companion of the Order of Canada, Auguste Perret Prize^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Official website: www.arthurerickson.com^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Archives at: Canadian Architecture Collection, Canadian Centre for Architecture^[16]^[17]
Artist files at: Université du Québec à Montréal^[25]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[24]
Family name: Erickson^[18]
Given name: Arthur^[19]
Has works in the collection: National Gallery of Canada^[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki Loves Pride Art & Artists^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Arthur Charles Erickson en Arthur Erickson en Arthur C. Erickson ar آرثر إريكسون de Arthur Charles Erickson es Arthur Charles Erickson fa آرتور اریکسون fi Arthur Charles Erickson he ארתור אריקסון hu Arthur C. Erickson hu Arthur Charles Erickson ja アーサー・エリクソン ru Артур Чарльз Эриксон ru Артур Эриксон vi Arthur Charles Erickson zh 阿瑟·埃里克森

🔖 Identifiers · 46

ISNI: 0000000081218140
VIAF cluster ID: 42636360
Library of Congress authority ID: n81090475
GND ID: 118902024
ArchINFORM person/group ID: 144
Artists in Canada record number: 5144
Artists of the World ID: 10206498
AskArt person ID: 11251661
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01ds8s
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 123577238
CANTIC ID: 981061014371906706
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID: erickson-arthur-charles

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DDB person (GND) ID: 118902024
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Arthur-Erickson
Europeana entity: agent/base/147862
FAST ID: 1728771
FamilySearch person ID: L5FX-DWX
Find a Grave memorial ID: 37432089
Freebase ID: /m/01ds8s
Golden ID: Arthur_Erickson-3W5XV
Grove Art Online ID: T026528
IMDb ID: nm0401027
IdRef ID: 121005445
Kinobox person ID: 1383161
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 01842/eu_e_2335/e2335
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 63864
NE.se ID: arthur-charles-erickson
NLA Trove people ID: 816918
NUKAT ID: n2014167879
National Gallery of Canada artist ID: arthur-erickson
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987013154308405171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000259627
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074034391
Order of Canada recipient ID: 146-14468
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095756515
Pacific Coast Architecture Database person ID: 731
Québec cultural heritage directory people ID: 33364
SNAC ARK ID: w63r2gg5
Structurae person ID: 1000578
TMDB person ID: 4722908
Treccani ID: arthur-charles-erickson
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500026210
WikiTree person ID: Erickson-3287
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgRWJGWVMj9h6QXmcmDbd
Yale LUX ID: person/cb7e2bab-86f8-4e87-b08f-c2ac21191ce5
ČSFD person ID: 259856

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🔗 Connections

← Architect 11

2Cal, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, 1 Cal Plaza, Paradox Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall, Pershing Square, Cedarvale station, Yorkdale +3 more

Award received 2

AIA Gold Medal, Molson Prize

Educated at 2

McGill University, University of British Columbia

Occupation 2

architect, university teacher

Archives at 1

Canadian Centre for Architecture

Artist files at 1

Université du Québec à Montréal

Country of citizenship 1

Canada

Employer 1

University of British Columbia

Given name 1

Arthur

Has works in the collection 1

National Gallery of Canada

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Vancouver

Place of death 1

Vancouver

Sex or gender 1

male

← Winner 1

AIA Gold Medal

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Summary

Arthur Erickson was born on June 14, 1924^[1], in Vancouver^[2]. He died on May 20, 2009^[3], in Vancouver^[4]. He worked as an architect^[5] and university teacher^[6].

FAQs

Where was Arthur Erickson born?

Arthur Erickson was born in Vancouver^[2].

Where did Arthur Erickson die?

Arthur Erickson died in Vancouver^[4].

What did Arthur Erickson do for work?

Arthur Erickson worked as an architect^[5] and university teacher^[6].

Where did Arthur Erickson go to school?

Arthur Erickson was educated at University of British Columbia^[9] and McGill University^[10].

What awards did Arthur Erickson receive?

Honors received include AIA Gold Medal^[11], Molson Prize^[12], Companion of the Order of Canada^[13], and Auguste Perret Prize^[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Arthur Erickson — place of birth (P19): Vancouver. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Arthur Erickson — place of death (P20): Vancouver. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2021-05-21. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Arthur Erickson — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Arthur Erickson — country of citizenship (P27): Canada. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Arthur Erickson — educated at (P69): University of British Columbia. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Arthur Erickson — educated at (P69): McGill University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Arthur Erickson — occupation (P106): architect. archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-28. archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Arthur Erickson — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Arthur Erickson — employer (P108): University of British Columbia. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Arthur Erickson — award received (P166): AIA Gold Medal. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Arthur Erickson — award received (P166): Molson Prize. canadacouncil.ca. canadacouncil.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Arthur Erickson — award received (P166): Companion of the Order of Canada. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Arthur Erickson — award received (P166): Auguste Perret Prize. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Arthur Erickson — archives at (P485): Canadian Architecture Collection. archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-28. archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Arthur Erickson — archives at (P485): Canadian Centre for Architecture. cca.qc.ca. cca.qc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Arthur Erickson — date of birth (P569): June 14, 1924. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Arthur Erickson — date of death (P570): May 20, 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. cbc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Arthur Erickson — family name (P734): Erickson. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Arthur Erickson — given name (P735): Arthur. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Arthur Erickson — official website (P856): https://www.arthurerickson.com/. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Arthur Erickson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-03-04. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Arthur Erickson — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Wiki Loves Pride Art & Artists. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Arthur Erickson — has works in the collection (P6379): National Gallery of Canada. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Arthur Erickson — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-04-12. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Arthur Erickson — artist files at (P9493): Université du Québec à Montréal. Retrieved 2026-03-30. wikidata.org.

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