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The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

Arthur Erickson

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Arthur Erickson
Age: 84 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 14
Died: 2009
Died: May 20
Architect
University Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Arthur Charles Erickson
Arthur C. Erickson
Way
Underlies
Guided
Architecture
Beginning
Quiet
Voice
Artist

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God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.
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