The Qube is a building in

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, Canada. It was built as the headquarters for Westcoast Transmission Co. in 1969 and won the 1970–71 Design in Steel Award from the

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. It was known as the Westcoast Transmission Building from 1969 to 2000, Duke Energy Building from 2000 to 2004, and then was renovated to condominiums as the Qube in 2005.Emporis.com
/ref> The building was built from the top down. The thirteen-storyJanberg's Structurae
/ref> core was built first then steel was hung from cables at the top and the 9 occupied floors were successively built downwards. It is considered to be one of Vancouver's most earthquake-resistant structures. The building's address is 1333 W. Georgia Street. It is located in Vancouver's

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, halfway between the main business district in Vancouver's Downtown and

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The building was used in the

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'' as the headquarters for the fictional Phoenix Foundation, employer of the title character.MacGyver Online
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as the headquarters of Psychasec.

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File:Qube Vancouver bottom.jpg, Ground level with entrance File:Qube Vancouver 2.jpg, View of the North side from West Pender Street File:Qube Vancouver 1.jpg, View of the West side from West Georgia Street Early One Day in 1969

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