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“You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.”

Arthur Erickson · Experience

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Arthur Erickson

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

History

Arthur Erickson

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

Architecture

Arthur Erickson

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

Architecture

Arthur Erickson

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

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