ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF BC

Walking Tours of Victoria

The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria has been the start point for the
Architectural Institute of British Columbia’s (AIBC) “Summer Walking Tours” for seven years now.
The tours are in July and August, and cover six architectural perspectives of the City of Victoria.

From 2008-2010, architecture student Nathan Flach has been AIBC's tour guide,
offering six unique architectural perspectives of Victoria:

1. The Inner Harbour
2. The Site of Fort Victoria
3. Old Town & Chinatown
4. Ecclesiastical Architecture
5. Art Deco & Moderne in Victoria
6. James Bay

Tours occur once per day and begin at 1:00pm Tuesday through Saturday
(no tours Sundays orMondays). Tours are available through Saturday, August 28.
The cost is $5.00 cash per person and no sign-up is required for groups of 1 to 15 people. Tours
1 through 5 meet and depart from the Community Arts Council office in the Sussex
Courtyard at G6 – 1001 Douglas Street (corner of Douglas & Broughton). Tour 6 meets at the
Queen Victoria statue in front of the British Columbia Legislative Buildings on Belleville Street.
Tours last approximately 1.5 to 2 hours.
Visit www.aibc.ca for full details.

Nathan is in his fourth year of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Calgary
and has been leading summer architectural walking tours in Victoria for the past three years. He
is excited to share his passion for local history and architecture with visitors and residents alike.
Whether interested in Victoria’s history, its architecture, or just spending a pleasant afternoon
exploring picturesque downtown Victoria, tour participants are bound to learn something they
didn’t know before. They might even have a little fun while doing so!

For media inquiries, interviews and additional information (including a complete schedule of
tours), please contact the AIBC by phone at (604) 683-8588, toll-free in BC at (800) 667-0753, by
email at tours@aibc.ca, or by visiting the AIBC website at www.aibc.ca.

The AIBC is dedicated to excellence in the profession of architecture for the benefit of its
membership, society and the environment. Through our many community initiatives, professional
programs and partnerships with other professional organizations throughout the province and
across the country, we strive to be effective and successful ambassadors on behalf of the
profession, its practitioners and British Columbia.