Montiverdi House #8
Presenting Montiverdi House #8, a remarkable design by Arthur Erickson, who reshaped West Coast architecture, with landscape design by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander.
Nestled into the verdant slopes of West Vancouver, this single-family home exemplifies Erickson’s innovative blending of modern architecture with nature. A ground-level orientation effortlessly bridges indoor and outdoor space, providing access to private garden courtyards. In appearance, a stately geometry pairs with a minimalist cedar and glass material palette, creating an open, elegant, and truly modern home. Careful site planning and expansive window walls suffuse the house with light, revealing intimate views to an exquisite natural setting.
A pivotal piece of West Coast Modernism, Montiverdi House #8 awaits its next custodian.
5379 Montiverdi Pl
West Vancouver, BC
Neighbourhood
Caulfeild
Designer
Arthur Erickson
Designed and Built
1981
Price
$3,240,000
Specification
Post-and-Beam
Program
West Coast Modern
Floors
2 Levels
Rooms
3 Bed 2 Bath
Building
2,456 sqft
Lot
8,210 sqft
“One of the most distinguished architects living.”
“Arthur Erickson is by far the greatest architect in Canada, and may be the greatest on this continent.”
“His buildings address the sensibilities of those who live in them and use them, who look out, more often, than in. As you walk through his houses or his urban complexes, you feel that the architect has revealed to you a new way of experiencing your world, and that he had you in mind when he created this space or that view.”
Arthur Erickson
Canada’s Preeminent Architect and Urban Planner
Arthur Erickson (1924-2009) was Canada’s preeminent architect and urban planner. He was educated at UBC (B. Engineering) and McGill University (B.Arch Honours). A chance encounter with an article on Frank Lloyd Wright and his Taliesin studio inspired Erickson to take up architecture. He gained national prominence with the competition-winning design of Simon Fraser University, completed in partnership with Geoffrey Massey in 1963. Many notable commissions followed, including Robson Square in downtown Vancouver and the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. He was equally known for private residential commisions such as the Smith
House II, the Eppich House, the Catton House and the Graham House. Erickson has been honoured with numerous awards including six Massey medals, three Governor General’s Awards, 1981 Companion of the Order of Canada and 1984 Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was the first Canadian architect to win the American Institute of Architects AIA Gold Medal in 1986. Erickson had lived in his modest house in Point Grey, Vancouver for over 45 years until a few months prior to his death. The house, now called The Erickson Garden, is maintained by the Arthur Erickson Foundation and remains open to the public by appointment.
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