British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Upper West Front

            I thought the prospect of the British Columbia Parliament Buildings poking through the trees from Superior Street, with only upper part of the West Front visible, was a particularly fine one in late afternoon sun.

The neo-baroque British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria were constructed in two stages: the first building was started in 1893 and officially opened in 1898; the addition was started in 1912 and completed in 1915. They were designed by Francis Rattenbury. Rattenbury was aged only 25, and was a recent English immigrant who won a competition to design the Buildings, signing his drawings with the pseudonym “A B.C. Architect”.

Situated at a picturesque site on the city’s Inner Harbor, the sprawling Parliament Buildings are one of the most massive complexes on the city skyline, and a long with Christ Church Cathedral, one of two genuinely imposing buildings in Victoria.

It was designed so that government departments would all be in offices on the ground floor; the legislature and its members’ offices on the upper floor. So, a citizen could do all his business with government in one visit. The expansion of government through the 20th Century meant that the ministries gradually migrated off site.

The legislature maintains admirably open access to the public, and there are regular guided tours, which are enjoyable and informative.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Victoria / James Bay (show map)

Taken on: May 29, 2023

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