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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.
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.
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 ...
- Valeria Silva
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.”.
Jul 29, 2023 · After the Erickson-massey design was chosen, it was all systems go. The SFU acquisitions and outreach archivist, Melanie Hardbattle, said “essentially, they started clearing the land for the campus in the fall of 1963. It was only about 18 months of construction before they opened the university.”
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 ...
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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 ...
