Sun
WEST VANCOUVER – A home that once housed Warren Beatty and former governor-general Adrienne Clarkson and helped launch the career of noted Canadian architect Arthur Erickson could soon be destroyed.
The owner of the West Vancouver house, built in 1963 on a rocky outcrop overlooking Horseshoe Bay, has applied for a demolition permit.
That upset local heritage groups and Erickson himself, who said the house, built on the side of a sheer rock face, launched his reputation as the architect to go to for impossible sites. “I just think that whoever is making the decision should consider it very carefully,” he said.
The property’s value was listed in 2007 at around $3.5 million.
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