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Simon Fraser
more than any other of Erickson's designs projected him into the
forefront of American architecture. It was followed by the MacMillan
Bloedell Building in Vancouver 1965; the University of Lethbridge
1968; the Bank of Canada in Ottawa 1969; Canadian Pavilion in Osaka
1970; the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver 1972; the Eppich
houses 1972; and Robson Square in Vancouver 1973. As Arthur Erickson
had received prestigious recognition, the Molson Prize, the Royal
Bank Award, the Auguste Perret Prize presented triennially by the
International Union of Architects, and, since these awards mark well
his notable achievements, it was suggested that the degree to be
conferred that day was "not only for what he had already done
but for what he has still to do." This was not an idle
statement when one considers what was yet to come: the Roy Thomson
Hall in Toronto, the Canadian Embassy in Washington, the Order of
Canada, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal, and
the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
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