36:
200:. For more than four decades, it has been a landmark in south Ottawa as it is set apart from any other buildings, and it was particularly known for the large CBC/Radio Canada logo on one wing of the building (since removed). It has been designated as a "classified federal heritage building," which means that it is a federal government building that has been assigned the highest level of heritage protection.
493:
488:
177:, but significant CBC budget cutbacks in the 1990s led to the relocation of the head office staff in 1997. The building was later occupied by the
498:
478:
513:
439:
503:
483:
403:
314:
518:
387:
277:
178:
246:
508:
182:
181:(CSE) and was renamed in honour of the first director of its predecessor organisation, the Communications Branch of the
323:
174:
287:
203:
On
February 26, 2015, CSE's new facility in Ottawa's east end was officially named the Edward Drake Building.
241:
382:
356:
338:
307:
218:
170:, Canada designed by CBC's chief architect David Gordon McKinstry and constructed between 1961 and 1964.
419:
260:
212:
189:
282:
300:
197:
35:
292:
377:
8:
425:
361:
193:
156:
71:
409:
159:
144:
348:
472:
454:
441:
167:
87:
322:
163:
83:
494:
Communications
Security Establishment buildings and structures
278:
Ottawa
Regional Society of Architects - Edward Drake Building
288:
Treasury Board of Canada
Inventory - Edward Drake Building
283:Historic Places of Canada - Edward Drake Building
470:
173:It originally served as the headquarters of the
188:The building occupies a large site bordered by
308:
489:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation buildings
315:
301:
499:Government buildings completed in 1964
479:Federal government buildings in Ottawa
471:
237:
235:
296:
179:Communications Security Establishment
514:Classified Federal Heritage Building
247:Canadian Register of Historic Places
16:Historic building in Ontario, Canada
232:
13:
14:
530:
324:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
271:
175:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
504:Intelligence agency headquarters
484:Modernist architecture in Canada
34:
519:1964 establishments in Ontario
253:
1:
225:
221:- CBC Head Office since 2004
7:
250:. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
219:CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre
215:- CBC Head Office 1938-1964
206:
10:
535:
509:Office buildings in Canada
213:Victoria Building (Ottawa)
396:
370:
347:
331:
183:National Research Council
129:
124:
116:
111:
103:
95:
77:
67:
59:
54:
46:
42:
33:
26:
21:
27:
125:Design and construction
148:
455:45.37833°N 75.68750°W
415:Edward Drake Building
141:Edward Drake Building
22:Edward Drake Building
155:, was the name of a
149:Édifice Edward-Drake
96:Construction started
28:Édifice Edward-Drake
460:45.37833; -75.68750
451: /
81:1500 Bronson Avenue
68:Architectural style
55:General information
434:
433:
420:Victoria Building
137:
136:
112:Technical details
526:
466:
465:
463:
462:
461:
456:
452:
449:
448:
447:
444:
317:
310:
303:
294:
293:
265:
264:
257:
251:
239:
151:), formerly the
38:
19:
18:
534:
533:
529:
528:
527:
525:
524:
523:
469:
468:
459:
457:
453:
450:
445:
442:
440:
438:
437:
435:
430:
410:Château Laurier
392:
366:
343:
327:
321:
274:
269:
268:
259:
258:
254:
240:
233:
228:
209:
190:Riverside Drive
160:office building
90:
82:
29:
17:
12:
11:
5:
532:
522:
521:
516:
511:
506:
501:
496:
491:
486:
481:
432:
431:
429:
428:
423:
417:
412:
406:
400:
398:
394:
393:
391:
390:
385:
380:
374:
372:
368:
367:
365:
364:
359:
353:
351:
349:Master control
345:
344:
342:
341:
335:
333:
329:
328:
320:
319:
312:
305:
297:
291:
290:
285:
280:
273:
272:External links
270:
267:
266:
261:"Edward Drake"
252:
230:
229:
227:
224:
223:
222:
216:
208:
205:
198:Bronson Avenue
135:
134:
133:D.G. McKinstry
131:
127:
126:
122:
121:
118:
114:
113:
109:
108:
105:
101:
100:
97:
93:
92:
79:
75:
74:
69:
65:
64:
61:
57:
56:
52:
51:
48:
44:
43:
40:
39:
31:
30:
24:
23:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
531:
520:
517:
515:
512:
510:
507:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
492:
490:
487:
485:
482:
480:
477:
476:
474:
467:
464:
427:
424:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
407:
405:
402:
401:
399:
395:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
376:
375:
373:
369:
363:
360:
358:
355:
354:
352:
350:
346:
340:
337:
336:
334:
330:
325:
318:
313:
311:
306:
304:
299:
298:
295:
289:
286:
284:
281:
279:
276:
275:
262:
256:
249:
248:
243:
238:
236:
231:
220:
217:
214:
211:
210:
204:
201:
199:
195:
191:
186:
184:
180:
176:
171:
169:
165:
161:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
132:
128:
123:
119:
115:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
89:
85:
80:
76:
73:
70:
66:
62:
58:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
32:
25:
20:
436:
414:
332:Headquarters
255:
245:
242:CBC Building
202:
187:
172:
153:CBC Building
152:
140:
138:
130:Architect(s)
50:CBC Building
47:Former names
458: /
117:Floor count
473:Categories
446:75°41′15″W
443:45°22′42″N
326:facilities
226:References
194:Heron Road
426:Saskatoon
388:Vancouver
157:modernist
104:Completed
72:Modernist
63:Completed
408:Ottawa (
378:Edmonton
371:Regional
362:Montreal
207:See also
404:Halifax
357:Toronto
168:Ontario
91:K1G 3J5
88:Ontario
78:Address
397:Former
383:Ottawa
339:Ottawa
164:Ottawa
145:French
84:Ottawa
60:Status
196:and
139:The
107:1964
99:1961
162:in
475::
244:.
234:^
192:,
185:.
166:,
147::
86:,
422:)
316:e
309:t
302:v
263:.
143:(
120:6
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
