The Qube (Vancouver)

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The Qube
Basic data
Place: Vancouver , CanadaCanadaCanada 
Construction time : 1969-1970
Status : Built
Architect : Rhone and Iredale
Use / legal
Usage : Offices, living space
Technical specifications
Rank (height) : 1333 West Georgia Street
Floors : 15th
Building material : Base: reinforced concrete ,
exterior: glass , aluminum

The Qube is a building constructed in 1969 in the Canadian city of Vancouver . It was previously known as the Westcoast Transmission Company Building (1969-2000) and the Duke Energy Building (2000-2004).

history

The building received the American Iron and Steel Institute's Design in Steel Award in 1970.

Initially, the building housed offices of the energy company Westcoast Transmission Co. , from 2000 Duke Energy . The building was renovated in 2004/2005 and apartments have been under construction ever since.

architecture

In the center of the building there is a reinforced concrete base. The thirteen glass floors are suspended from steel cables attached to the base. Due to its construction, the building is particularly earthquake-proof.

Others

The building gained some notoriety as the location for the Phoenix Foundation headquarters in the MacGyver television series .

gallery

  • View from the northwest

  • Concrete pillar entrance

  • View north from West Pender Street

  • View from the west on West Georgia Street

  • The Qube during construction in 1969