The Edward Drake Building (french: Édifice Edward-Drake), formerly the CBC Building, was the name of a

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, Canada designed by CBC's chief architect David Gordon McKinstry and constructed between 1961 and 1964. It originally served as the headquarters of the

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, 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

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(CSE) and was renamed in honour of the first director of its predecessor organisation, the Communications Branch of the

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. The building occupies a large site bordered by Riverside Drive,

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and

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. 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. On February 26, 2015, CSE's new facility in Ottawa's east end was officially named the Edward Drake Building.

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Ottawa Regional Society of Architects - Edward Drake BuildingHistoric Places of Canada - Edward Drake BuildingTreasury Board of Canada Inventory - Edward Drake Building
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