Erickson, sketch of the Graham House, West Vancouver, B.C., circa 1963. (Canadian Architectural Archives – University of Calgary) – University Archives 1963. (Canadian Architectural circa B.C., Vancouver, House, West of the Graham sketch Arthur Erickson,

MICHELANGELO SABATINO ARTHUR ERICKSON – ARCHITECTURE INTO LANDSCAPE Arthur Erickson expanded the boundaries of design by merging architecture into landscape. By activating the landscape, Erickson established a dialogue between nature and artifice, between “natural” design and the willful manipulation of space. This lecture positions Erickson’s contribution to Canadian architecture and urban design from the 1950s through the MONDAY NOVEMBER 18 1980s within a broader international framework. 6PM | CENTRE SPACE Michelangelo Sabatino (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor and Director of the JOHN A. RUSSELL BUILDING History, Theory, and Criticism Program at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston. He is a critic, designer, teacher and FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE historian. His research and teaching explore the intellectual history and material cultures of modern and contemporary architecture, design, UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA landscape, and urbanism. Sabatino serves on a number of editorial boards, participates in juries, and lectures regularly at universities in the Americas and Europe. His award-winning books include Pride in Modesty: Modernist Architecture and the Vernacular Tradition in Italy (2010) and, with Jean- François Lejeune, Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean: Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities (2010). He is currently completing a book, Arthur Erickson: Architecture into Landscape, forthcoming from Princeton Architectural Press and McGill-Queens University Press.

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