Arthur Erickson: A life in architecture

Architect Arthur Erickson displays a photo of Roy Thompson Hall, which he helped to design, in Toronto, Canada Photograph: AP Photo/The Canadian Press

Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Photograph: Peter Mintz/Peter Mintz/Design Pics/Corbis

Great Hall (1976), the facade of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver Photograph: Gunter Marx / DK Images / Rex Fe/Rex Features

A man makes his way past waterfalls at Robson Square in downtown Vancouver. Erickson designed the complex to resemble a huge skyscraper lying on its side, three blocks long Photograph: Chuck Stoody/AP Photo

The Etisalat main tower in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates Photograph: Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo

A girl and her father inspect a mockup of a 90ft-tall cone that will form part of the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington Photograph: John Froschauer/AP Photo

Opened in 2002, the Tacoma Museum of Glass at sunset Photograph: John and Lisa Merrill/Corbis

A view of the Hot Shop Cone from its base, at the Tacoma Museum of Glass Photograph: John and Lisa Merrill/John and Lisa Merrill/Corbis