Daily Archives: May 21, 2009
Arthur Erickson, dead at 84
Arthur Erickson, one of Canada’s most prominent architects, is dead. Even Washingtonians who don’t know his name know his work: The Canadian embassy, certainly the most prominently displayed foreign embassy in the nation’s capitol. It sits on the Mall, … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture
The Architecture of Authority
I think this show is better than it might seem on superficial first glance. Richard Ross’s photographs of institutional spaces include interrogation rooms, prisons and execution chambers. But also high-school corridors, hotel phone booths and religious spaces. If you take these connections … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Culture, Photography
