| Edwin Alfred Rickards | |
| Birth Date: | 1872 |
| Death Place: | Bournemouth, England |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Notable Works: | Methodist Central Hall |
| Style: | Baroque |
Edwin Alfred Rickards FRIBA (1872–1920) was an English architect.
Rickards was born in Chelsea in 1872.[1] [2] In 1887, Rickards was articled to Richard John Lovell, and attended both the Royal Academy Schools in London and attended classes at the Architectural Association.[3]
In 1889 he joined Eedle & Meyers as an assistant before moving into a work as an assistant for a variety of architects.[3] This included George Campbell Sherrin, where he designed the lantern for Sherrin's dome at the Brompton Oratory in 1894.[4] Rickards qualified in 1896 and went into partnership with architects Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart.[1] [3] Rickards was elected to the Art Workers' Guild in 1904, and as a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1906.[3] He specialized in baroque architecture. He designed the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, London, in 1907.[1]
Rickards's portrait was painted by Frank Waldo Murray.[5]
Rickards designed the Great Britain pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1909).[6]
Rickards died on 29 August 1920.[2] He appeared as a fictional character in Arnold Bennett's 1918 novel The Roll-Call.[7]