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Architecture & archive
The house and its architect.
Explore the Filberg House through its design, Arthur Erickson’s life and original archival sources. This remarkable residence is now offered for sale.
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Architecture
Built for a coastal landscape.
Erickson placed a glass-walled pavilion among trees above the Strait of Georgia. Granite, yellow cedar screens and curved ceilings connect the rooms to light, land and sea.
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) describes the original design as a two-bedroom, 2,580-square-foot retreat. Today’s listing describes four bedrooms and 2,636 square feet. These accounts describe different stages of the house’s life. Canadian Centre for Architecture · project records · Current REALTOR.ca listing
Arthur Charles Erickson · 1924–2009
Arthur Erickson at a turning point.
Born in Vancouver in 1924, Erickson studied at the University of British Columbia and McGill. Travel through Europe, the Middle East and Japan deepened his attention to landscape, light and culture. The Filberg commission arrived while he was an emerging architect and teacher, before his 1963 Simon Fraser University competition win.
The house gave Erickson a remarkable coastal site and a client willing to shape it with him. Its glass, granite and cedar anticipated a career that would include the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Robson Square and the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Erickson received the RAIC Gold Medal in 1984 and AIA Gold Medal in 1986; he died in 2009.
Read Arthur Erickson’s biography
Current property photograph. Photography courtesy of Sutton Group West Coast Realty.
Architecture & archive
A house with a remarkable story.
- 1958
Erickson designs the house for Robert M. Filberg. Construction continued into 1960; sources differ on the completion year.
- 1961
A Canadian Homes feature brings the house national attention.
- 2002
Douglas Field receives an architectural restoration award for work on the house.
- 2026
The residence and 7.67-acre property are offered for sale by Sutton Group West Coast Realty.
Architecture & archive
Follow the original sources.
Archival photographs, drawings and film remain with their creators and holding institutions. These links lead to the original source sites.
The best way to understand this historic work is to experience it in person.
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