Château Laurier Addition

TOP: Proposed bar-shaped addition approved by City Council in 2019 / architectsAlliance (2019), Compositing: Barry Padolsky Associates Inc. Architects. BELOW: FINAL DESIGN, APPROVED by Ottawa City Council on Feb. 24, 2021. architectsAlliance (2020)

 

 

 

  • What's next for the controversial Château Laurier addition?

    CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

    Critics opposing the proposed addition to the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa say their fight is not over, and federal representatives say they're interested in...

  • Decoding Five Comments from Council's Château Laurier debate

    CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

    The three-year debacle over the controversial addition to the Château Laurier hotel came to a quasi-end late Wednesday afternoon in a split vote, though...

  • Council ends Battle Château, motion to pull heritage permit defeated

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

    Cries of “shame” howled from the public gallery Thursday after the majority of city council refused to reconsider a decision that allows the owner of the...

  • 'Betrayal of democracy': Reviled Château Laurier addition to go ahead

    CBC NEWS | By Joanne Chianello, Kate Porter

    Ottawa city council has upheld a decision to allow a reviled addition to the historic Château Laurier hotel, voting down an attempt to reopen the...

  • Council upholds Château Laurier addition, but will have to vote again Thursday
    Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson argued and voted in favour of controversial hotel extension

    CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

    City council narrowly defeated a last-ditch attempt to block a...

  • Opposing sides in battle over Chateau Laurier addition lawyer up ahead of critical vote

    GLOBAL NEWS, By Abigail Bimman

    The architectural fight over the future look of Ottawa’s iconic Chateau Laurier has involved unprecedented resident reaction, threats of litigation and even a...

  • Denley: Keep it simple, Ottawa Council – vote against the current Château Laurier addition

    OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, By Randall Denley

    For members of Ottawa Council, Wednesday’s vote on the much-maligned addition to the Château Laurier is not about architecture, or process or...

  • Friends of the Château Laurier Retains Legal Representation in Ongoing Effort to Stop Proposed Addition to Historic Hotel

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    National advocacy group FRIENDS OF THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER has retained legal representation in the course of ongoing efforts to protect the Château Laurier from the...

  • GIBBONS: Council must show some courage on Château Laurier file

    OTTAWA SUN | OPINION, By Rick Gibbons

    It’s been called everything from an overgrown storage container to an homage to Soviet-style brutalism (thank you, Monte Solberg.) Whatever your...

  • Ottawa’s Château Laurier renovation really has the town talking

    THE STAR, By Susan Delacourt

    The most fervent political fight in Canada’s capital this week has absolutely nothing to do with the coming federal election.

    It revolves around the...

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