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Dec 2, 2020 · It is with sadness that SFU shares news of the passing of architect Geoffrey Massey, whose vision helped give life to our iconic Burnaby campus. 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 ...
Jul 31, 2021 · Address: 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address. Share. About this office. PUBLIC ...
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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 significant architectural pieces designed by other firms – the Academic Quadrangle by Zoltan Kiss, the Science Complex by Rhone and Iredale, the Theatre and Gymnasium by Duncan McNab and Associates, the ...
Jul 28, 2023 · Massey is son of actor Raymond Massey.Photo by Deni Eagland / PNG. Sixty years ago, local architects Arthur Erickson and Geoff Massey won a competition to design the new Simon Fraser University ...
Burnaby Campus Perched atop Burnaby Mountain, Simon Fraser University's original Arthur Erickson-designed campus now includes more than three dozen academic buildings and is flanked by UniverCity , a flourishing sustainable residential community.
The Academic Quadrangle at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia! Designed by Arthur Erickson and George Massey. 1965/67.
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Simon Fraser University is located on top of Burnaby Mountain, at Greater Vancouver's eastern edge, 1,214 feet above sea level. The scale of the project is reminiscent of utopian designs from French architects in the late eighteenth century such as Etienne-Louis Bouillee , [ 11 ] and provides a balance between the British Columbia context and the structural ambitions of the 1960s period of ...
