1964 – Former CBC Building, Ottawa, Canada

Architect: David G. McKinstry

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Considered one of the best examples of Canadian modern architecture, particularly in its representation of the expressionist strain of modernism. Constructed between 1961 to 1964 as head office for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and later known as the Edward Drake Building. Designed to consolidate of offices from various buildings located around Ottawa’s downtown core to one larger building.

It is a modern, six-storey, flat roofed reinforced concrete and steel structure with a flared “Y”-shaped footprint that features glazed elevations with granite spandrel panels, monumental, blind stone-clad wing walls, and a flared white roof and entrance canopy. Set in a modern, park-like landscape, the three wings extend east, west and south in parabolic curves, and its main elevation faces north.

Published December 8, 2025