Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia: Architecture and Challenge in the Imperial Age

by Anthony A. Barrett, Anthony A. Barratt, Rhodri Windsor, et al.

Yorkshire-born Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867-1935) emigrated toBritish Columbia as a young architect in 1892. Within months of hisarrival in Victoria he launched his brilliant, if abbreviated, careerby winning an international competition to design the legislativebuildings. While his life was marred by controversy, scandal and, inthe end, tragedy, Rattenbury's architecture had an enduring impacton the Canadian landscape and his commercial ventures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774801786
• ISBN13: 9780774801782
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.