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1500 Bronson Avenue
1500 Bronson Avenue, (formerly the CBC Building, and the Edward Drake Building) is a modernist office building in Ottawa, Ontario, owned by Public Services and Procurement Canada. It was designed by CBC's chief architect David Gordon McKinstry and constructed between 1961 and 1964. It originally served as the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 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 Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and was renamed in honour of Lt. Colonel Edward Drake, the first director of its predecessor organisation, the Communications Branch of the National Research Council. The Communications Security Agency moved out of the building from 2014 to 2015, after their new facility was completed in Ottawa's east end. This new CSE campus was then officially named the Edward Drake Building, taking the name from their former location. 1500 Bronson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Architecture
Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, or the modern movement, is an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements. Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, and concrete); the principle functionalism (i.e. that form should follow function); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. According to Le Corbusier, the roots of the movement were to be found in the works of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, while Mies van der Rohe was heavily inspired by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The movement emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture. Origins Modern architecture emerged at the end of the 19th century from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre
The CBC Ottawa Production Centre is an office and studio complex the serves as the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is located on Queen Street (Ottawa), Queen Street in the Downtown Ottawa, downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The building hosts the originating studios for both the CBC's Canadian English, English-language and Canadian French, French-language operations in the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region. The building was opened in 2004, and contains approximately of office space. Design and construction The building that houses the Ottawa Production Centre was built by Morguard, Morguard Investments. Not all of it is leased by the CBC, with the top floors occupied by the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons administration (Information Services). It is located at 181 Queen Street, between Bank Street (Ottawa), Bank Street and O'Connor Street (across from the Confederation Line Parliament station, light rail s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
