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The parliament buildings also departed from the Medieval models by integrating a variety of eras and styles of Gothic architecture, including elements from Britain, France, the Low Countries, and Italy, all in three buildings. In his 1867 Hand Book to the Parliamentary and Departmental Buildings, Canada, Joseph Bureau wrote
The Centre Block (French: Édifice du Centre) is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the House of Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of members of parliament, senators, and senior administration for both legislative houses.
Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in a primeval forest of beech and hemlock. [1] For hundreds of years, the hill was a landmark on the Ottawa River for First Nations people and later for European traders, adventurers, and industrialists, marking their journeys to the interior of the continent. [1]
Old Parliament Building (Quebec), Quebec City, United Province of Canada (1853–1854) Canadian Museum of Nature , Ottawa , federal Parliament (1916–19) [ 1 ] Kingston General Hospital , Kingston, United Province of Canada , (1841-1844)
The Peace Tower is the centrepiece of the Parliament of Canada as shown here. Parliament of Canada. Peace Tower; Library of Parliament; Ottawa City Hall; Ottawa Courthouse; Supreme Court of Canada; National Library and Archives of Canada; Langevin Block; Cartier Square Drill Hall; East and West Memorial Buildings; Bank of Canada building ...
The West Block (officially the Western Departmental Building; [1] French: Édifice administratif de l'ouest) is one of the three buildings on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario. Since 28 January 2019, it has housed the interim House of Commons Chamber, installed to accommodate the House while the Centre Block is closed.
The East Block as viewed from the observation platform of the Peace Tower. Designed by Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver, [2] the East Block is an asymmetrical structure built in the Victorian High Gothic style, with load bearing masonry walls— being nearly 0.9 m (3 ft) thick at the ground level, expanding to 2.1 m (7 ft) thick at the base of the main tower.
The most important of these buildings was the Parliament of Canada, unquestionably Ottawa's most famous building and one also acclaimed by architectural critics. The parliamentary complex consists of a series of Neo-Gothic structures.