Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: Architecture for a Place and Time. Agency - English program:.English Program, Pacific Centre.

Director, Jack Long ; photography, Jack Long ; producer, George Johnson, Jennifer Torrance ; executive producer, John Taylor, George Johnson ; sound, Richard Patton, Ralph Parker, Kalle Lasn ; editing, Doris Dyck ; re-recording, Barry P. Jones ; animation, Svend-Erik Eriksen.

Narrator, Stan Peters.

Recorded 1981.

A portrait of Arthur Erickson, a Vancouver-based architect internationally known for his unique style. Seated in his Vancouver home, Arthur Erickson talks easily about his art, the importance of interpreting the site and of achieving harmony between environment and structure, the inseparability of climate and site, and the cultural role of a building. Five of his projects are shown. He explains how the designs evolved and what he was trying to achieve. Shot on location in Canada, Japan and Kuwait, the film introduces the man, the architect, the humanist.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).