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Dec 2, 2020 · “Among the giants of West Coast modernism, Massey and Arthur Erickson’s visionary design for Burnaby campus shaped SFU’s educational philosophy by tearing down walls between faculties, removing silos and creating common areas where disciplines merge and ideas flourish.” The Massey-Erickson design attracted international acclaim.
Dec 4, 2020 · He was 96. Massey, who received an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from SFU in 2016, was born in England in 1924 and moved to British Columbia in 1952 after serving in the Canadian army and completing his masters of architecture from Harvard University. In 1963, with friend and business partner Arthur Erickson, Massey submitted the ...
Jul 31, 2021 · The original creation of SFU’s iconic Burnaby campus plan was a truly integrated design process: The Plaza and Main Mall were designed by Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey so that the ...
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Jul 28, 2023 · Sixty years ago, local architects Arthur Erickson and Geoff Massey won a competition to design the new Simon Fraser University. “Down-to-earth plan wins for university in the sky,” read the ...
The Erickson and Massey design had been the unanimous choice of the judges, and had met all the requirements that Shrum had outlined in his memo. Erickson's design was regarded as innovative in several key aspects. Its mountain top location inspired Erickson to reject multi-story buildings, which he felt would look presumptuous.
Feb 8, 2012 · Simon Fraser University in suburban Vancouver, BC. Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The building was designed by architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey.
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Jun 9, 2014 · Atop Burnaby Mountain, in the midst of Erickson’s own concrete Acropolis, he lives on. Erickson design images courtesy SFU Archives, Gordon Shrum fonds (F-32-1-0-0-6). “You know, Mr. Bennett, I want to have something really outstanding in the way of architecture, and I’d like to have a competition for the design of the university.”.
