Qube, 15-floor residential building in Coal Harbour, Vancouver, Canada.
Qube is a 15-floor residential building in Coal Harbour with 180 units designed with contemporary architectural features and open interiors. The complex sits on West Georgia Street within walking distance to Stanley Park and Canada Place.
The building was constructed in 1969 as the Westcoast Transmission headquarters and won the Design in Steel Award in 1970. This project marked an important moment in the development of the Coal Harbour waterfront.
The building's television career began when it stood in for the Phoenix Foundation headquarters in MacGyver; it later appeared in Highlander and, on Netflix, in Altered Carbon as the Psychasec headquarters. The address is 1333 West Georgia Street, halfway between the downtown business district and Stanley Park.
The Qube is a private condominium building at 1333 West Georgia Street, so the lobby and residences are not open to the public. Visitors can view the exterior from the sidewalk, where the suspended steel structure is visible. The location is halfway between Vancouver's downtown business district and Stanley Park, making it a short walk from both.
The Qube was built top-down: the 13-storey concrete core went up first, then nine occupied floors were hung from steel cables anchored at the top and added one by one downward. This suspension system is why the building is considered one of Vancouver's most earthquake-resistant structures.
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