No, no, this is not about the man, but about one of his works. In 1979, Arthur Erickson designed a veritable suburban dream - Montiverdi Estates, an entire cul-de-sac of Keith Road in West Vancouver. I found out about the project, accidentally, during a drive-by...
Interestingly, Russel Hollingsworth's own mini subdivision at Meadfeild Road has gone up just a few trees away from Erickson's. And now you can buy into either as both Hollingsworth's and Erickson's homes are up for grabs.
Erickson's homes at Monteverdi appear on the market frequently enough. Right now for sale are two homes, one of which is 5338 Montiverdi Place (I don't mean to plug the listing, but here it is) for a cool $1,298, 500. Courtesy of the realtor we get to see some of the interior:
The other one is at 5361 Montiverdi Place - $1,195,000. Unfortunately the images are terrible. Another of the community's homes - 5310 Montiverdi Place - sold recently as well (for $1, 495,000 - if anyone wants to know). More realtor pics:
Another one, 5352 Montiverdi Place, sold in May for $1,450,000. But there is only one picture of it from the Globe and Mail article about the sale:
Aside from wackiness that is the West Vancouver real estate market, I was quite surprised with the interiors of the homes. Granted - many of them might have changed substantially, but the interiors do not seem to live up to the rather lovely exterior - wonderfully massed and sites and beautifully layered.
By the way, some images of Russel Hollingsworth's Headland Park project can be seen here - these sell at about twice the price of Erickson's homes.
By the way, some images of Russel Hollingsworth's Headland Park project can be seen here - these sell at about twice the price of Erickson's homes.