HERITAGE OTTAWA

Members of Heritage Ottawa were amongst the many attendees this weekend at a landmark colloquium entitled "The Origins and Significance of Residential Gothic Architecture in…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa inaugurated its 2014 - 2015 Lecture Series this evening with a riveting and well received lecture on the topic of Gothic Revival architecture.

Dr.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Readers of the Ottawa Citizen have voted the Aberdeen Pavilion as Ottawa's "most eye-pleasing building".

Designed by Ottawa architect Moses C. Edey and built in 1898…

By David B. Flemming

Approximately 140 Sandy HIll residents and supporters, including many Heritage Ottawa members, turned out for a Heritage Demonstration and March in Sandy Hill yesterday…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew King

There's an old cottage in Westboro that looks as though it should be overlooking the water or tucked away in some secluded forest. Instead, it's passed by…

Heritage Ottawa welcomes Heather Thomson as the National Capital Commission's new Manager of its Heritage Program.

Heather has worked in heritage conservation for 16 years at the local,…

The City recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards. 

"The award-winning projects show that, with creativity and…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Barry Padolsky

An open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

Ottawa Citizen, By Don Butler

Ottawa Citizen, By Marie-Danielle Smith

Ottawa East News, By Laura Mueller

The city wants to add more heft to the first "experimental" heritage districts it designated…

Ottawa Citizen, by Carys Mills

Lowertown landowner Claude Lauzon wants to demolish his deteriorated and empty residential property on King Edward Avenue, between Murray and Clarence Streets…

OTTAWA COMMUNITY NEWS, By Laura Mueller

Ottawa Citizen, by Joanne Chianello

OTTAWA - The fifth floor of the National Capital Commission's offices on Elgin Street - space that was previously occupied by the folks who…

Carleton Place Almonte Canadian Gazette, By Kelly Kent

Since Almonte was established in the 1800s, many of its original buildings have stood the test of time and remain preserved as iconic…

Heritage Ottawa celebrated Heritage Day at Ottawa City Hall on February 18th   by awarding two $1000 Gordon Cullingham Research Grants to David Noble and Titania Truesdale.

The…

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By David B. Flemming

In April 2013, the Mayor and a few members of Council suddenly recognized the growing number of vacant and boarded-up buildings in Ottawa and…

OTTAWA SUN, By Ron Corbett

I have a question for Tony Shahrasebi and when I phone he tells me to drop by the car wash, he’ll be there mid-morning.

OTTAWA SUN, By Jon Willing

City gives green light to restart redevelopment of historic building

The only thing missing at City Hall on Thursday was a celebratory pint after a vote in…

OTTAWA SUN, By Jon Willing

CBC NEWS - Historic cottages in Ottawa's Lowertown neighbourhood are caught in a unique predicament: They have to be claimed for free and moved away from the site of a future condo, or be…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Dave Reevely

Having received permission for a major renovation to turn the Union du Canada headquarters on the edge of the ByWard Market into a hotel, Claridge Homes is…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Maria Cook 

W.E. Noffke designed so many of Ottawa's buildings that from cradle to grave "you could live in a Noffke world," says Ottawa architectural historian…

The Globe and Mail, by Dave LeBlanc

Pop the cork and grab a cigar: Two weeks ago, Canada’s first protected mid-century modern neighbourhood was born.

Weighing in at 23 homes on two…

According to a news report in the Ottawa Citizen dated Feb. 4, 2013, a Lowertown schoolhouse is at risk of collapse.

The city has ordered that the building at 287 Cumberland Street, the…

OTTAWA MAGAZINE

Just 10 years ago, the Duke of Somerset and its downstairs neighbour, the Lockmaster Tavern, had the highest daily beer sales of any bar in the city. Today, the Bank Street…

Maria Cook, OTTAWA CITIZEN / POSTMEDIA NEWS

The planned renewal of Parliament Hill’s West Block, including a new building in the courtyard, passed a milestone on Friday with approval of the…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, by Katie Arnold

OTTAWA has always had image problems. Back in 1857, when it beat out its rivals Toronto and Montreal in a bid to become Canada's national…

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, by Dave LeBlanc

Once in a while, a reminder of modernism's awesome reach as an architectural movement -- into practically every city on the globe -- is in order. I'll…