This head office built for energy company Westcoast Transmission is one of Vancouver's most striking buildings - a twelve-story office block skewered on a thin support shaft. Structural engineer Bogue Babicki adapted the proven principles of the suspension bridge, hanging the floors from aluminum-clad steel cables draped over the top of the concrete core. As well as creating a memorable visual image, the design provides greater earthquake resistance, column-free underground parking, and unobstructed street-level views of Coal Harbour and the North Shore mountains beyond. These views have been unfortunately obscured by recent residential developments along the waterfront, but walking underneath the vast bulk of the building above is still a curiously exciting experience.

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The Canadian Architect, October 1971