Arthur Erickson buildings

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Chapters: Arthur Erickson, Bank of Canada Building, Eglinton West (TTC), Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C., Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Ottawa, Law Courts (Vancouver), Markham Civic Centre, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Museum of Glass, One California Plaza, RCMP Heritage Centre, Robson Square, Roy Thomson Hall, San Diego Convention Center, Simon Fraser University, The Kingbridge Centre, Two California Plaza, University of Lethbridge, Vancouver's Turn, Walter Carsen Centre, Yorkdale (TTC). Excerpt: Simon Fraser University (commonly referred to as 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 1.7 km (0.66 sq mi) main campus in Burnaby, located 20 km (12 mi) from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 35,000 students and 950 faculty members. The university is adjacent to a new urban village, called UniverCity, also on top of Burnaby Mountain. The university was named after Simon Fraser, a North West Company fur trader and explorer. Undergraduate and graduate programs operate on a year-round tri-semester schedule. It is the only non-American university in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In 2007, Simon Fraser University was the first and remains the only university to be awarded the Prix du XXe siècle from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada recognizing the "enduring excellence of nationally significant architecture". SFU was ranked 1st among Canada's Comprehensive Universities in 2009, 2010, and 2011 by Maclean's. The newly constructed university in 1967, with the Academic Quadrangle as a centre of the campus. Gordon M. Shrum, the University's first chancellor. Simon Fraser University was founded upon the recommendation of a 1962 report entitled Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future, by Dr. J.B. Macdonald, who recommended the creation of a new university in the Lower Mainland. The British Columbia Legislature gave formal assent on March 1, 1963 for the establishment of the university in Burnaby. In May of the same year, Dr. Gordon M. Shrum was appointed as the university's first Chancellor. From a variety of sites which were offered, Shrum recommended to the provincial government that the summit of Burnaby Mountain, 365 meters above sea level, be chosen for the new university. Architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey won a competition to design the university