Francis Rattenbury
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Francis Mawson Rattenbury was a British architect whose career was mostly spent in British Columbia, Canada, where he designed the province's legislative building among other public commissions. Divor
Rattenbury's Parliament Building, Victoria, Canada
The main bank hall provides a marketplace for Kootenay Creative products known as the Quoynary Canada.
The Empress Hotel
Vancouver Art Gallery Robson Square from third floor
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the lieutenant governor and the Legislative Assembly.
Francis Rattenbury
…signing his drawings with the pseudonym "A B.C. Architect," and won the competition. Despite many problems, including going over-budget by $400,000, the British Columbia Parliament Buildings were officially opened in 1898. The grand scale of its 500-foot (150 m)-long facade, central dome and two end pavilions, the richness of its white…
The main block combines Baroque details with Romanesque Revival rustication.
The assembly chamber
The buildings illuminated at dusk