Centre Block [SEP] architect
Block was closed for renovations that could last ten years or more.
Characteristics.
Designed by Jean Omer Marchand and John A. Pearson, the Centre Block is a long by deep, and six storey high, symmetrical structure built in the modern Gothic Revival style. As such, it displays a multitude of stone carvings, including gargoyles, grotesques, and friezes, keeping with the Victorian High Gothic style of the rest of the parliamentary complex. The walls are faced with more than 50,000 blocks of over 24 different types of
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