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Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is home to some of the finest turn-of-the-century architecture in Canada.
Through Ward's wry, piercing and knowledgeable eye, we meet Francis Rattenbury, the flamboyant twenty-five-year old designer of the opulent Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel, whose career dissolved in scandal; Robert Dunsmuir, the tycoon who built an extravagant Scottish baronial castle; artist Emily Carr, premier Amor De Cosmos, and the Natives, missionaries and military men who made Victoria a city where cedar shakes, classical columns, pagoda roofs and heavenly spires jostle in a beautiful and contented ensemble.
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550171228
Hardback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 364 pp
Publication Date: 01/01/1996
BISAC Subject(s): ARC003000-ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, HIS006000-HISTORY / Canada / General, ARC005000-ARCHITECTURE / History / General
Description
Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is home to some of the finest turn-of-the-century architecture in Canada.
Through Ward's wry, piercing and knowledgeable eye, we meet Francis Rattenbury, the flamboyant twenty-five-year old designer of the opulent Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel, whose career dissolved in scandal; Robert Dunsmuir, the tycoon who built an extravagant Scottish baronial castle; artist Emily Carr, premier Amor De Cosmos, and the Natives, missionaries and military men who made Victoria a city where cedar shakes, classical columns, pagoda roofs and heavenly spires jostle in a beautiful and contented ensemble.
Details
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550171228
Hardback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 364 pp
Publication Date: 01/01/1996
BISAC Subject(s): ARC003000-ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, HIS006000-HISTORY / Canada / General, ARC005000-ARCHITECTURE / History / General