OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

The decades-long saga of a derelict Lowertown school may be coming to a close.

But some people in the neighbourhood aren’t happy with the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Simpson

The biggest corporate donation the National Gallery of Canada has ever received, and the biggest gift that Scotiabank has ever given, will establish “one of…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Charitable trusts, better heritage laws, tax exemptions and other measures could ensure official residences don’t languish due to politics and…

CBC OTTAWA

The National Arts Centre has released details of how major renovation work will affect the building and the performances held there starting in December.

The Conservative…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne

The Central Experimental Farm is such a beloved institution in Ottawa that volunteers contribute 10,000 hours every year helping to keep its public areas…

CBC NEWS

A new design by architect Douglas Cardinal was unveiled Thursday for two mixed-use hotel and condominium towers in downtown Gatineau, Que., called Place des Peuples.

The 35…

Ottawa's arts, culture and heritage contribute greatly to our city's economy and enviable quality of life. 

Yet the City of Ottawa's per capita investment in the local cultural sector…

CTV Ottawa

Discussion over the fate of a 142-year-old heritage barn in West Ottawa has been set for December 10th at the next meeting of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee.

The barn,…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius

Ottawa Community Housing has two months to come up with alternatives to demolishing a heritage house it owns in Lowertown.

The social…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, OP ED By Natalie Bull

As Canadians take sides about what should happen next at Canada’s most famous address – Restore heritage? Make it modern and green? Create an…

HERITGE OTTAWA

Ottawa Architects 150 is an ambitious project to document the history of the practice of architecture in Ottawa from 1867 to 2017.

The core of the project is the “…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa's Leslie Maitland appeared on CBC Television's Our Ottawa today to discuss the heritage significance of 24 Sussex Drive and Rideau Cottage.

When…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland

24 Sussex is at a crossroads. The building, erected in 1867-68 for an Ottawa lumber baron, became the official residence of Canada's Prime Ministers in…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

Justin Trudeau appears to be seriously considering delaying his move into his childhood home at 24 Sussex Drive, raising the prospect that…

CENTRETOWN NEWS, By Dylan Burd

Ottawa’s cultural sector contributes greatly to our city’s economy and our enviable quality of life. Heritage Ottawa has joined with others to advance Ottawa as a vibrant capital for culture and…

APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 1, 2015

Heritage Ottawa invites applications for the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Grant. The grant program was created in 2008 and is named…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On October 14 architect John Cook of GRC Architects presented an informative lecture on the origins and award-winning transformation of a local heritage building.

…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne

The chief operating officer of The Ottawa Hospital pushed to delay public consultations until a deal to build a new Civic campus on a 60-acre…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

It looks as if Haunted Walk of Ottawa's long-running tours of the historic HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel may receive a stay of execution.

Last week it appeared…

Heritage Ottawa remains concerned about the proposed transfer of 64 acres of Central Experimental Farm lands for construction of a new hospital. The Central Experimental Farm is a National…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne

“Irreplaceable” experiments that contributed to the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 would be lost with the construction of The Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic…

Heritage Ottawa invites applications for the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Grant. The grant program was created in 2008 and is named in honour of the late Gordon Cullingham,…

Note from Heritage Ottawa - After the heritage structure at 7 Clarence Street was demolished in 2014 due to structural concerns, Heritage Ottawa worked hard to convince the NCC that the initial "…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ottawa Architecture Week (OAW) is an annual week-long festival that celebrates…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Patrick Langston

Big-city museums are a treat, but the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Valley also brim with smaller museums offering keen insights into local history and the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

In consultation with members of the New Edinburgh Community Alliance and Heritage Ottawa, City Heritage staff have drafted a new Heritage Conservation District Plan for New…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne

For decades, the islands in the Ottawa River surrounding Chaudière Falls have been all but invisible to area residents. Ground zero for Ottawa’s lumber…

THE NEW YORK TIMES / T MAGAZINE, By Witold Rybcznski

Once upon a time, the great architecture of the world was strictly local. Travelers seeking the wonders of London, Paris and Florence…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

In the second in a series examining the area’s islands, Bruce Deachman digs into the soil of Green Island and come up with what might well…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Patrick Smith

Time travel machines may not exist, but the organizers of Bytown Days don't think that should stop you from taking a trip back in time.

The annual…

MACLEANS, By John Geddes

Larry Beasley, Vancouver’s celebrated former director of planning, is in demand for his expertise on urban design everywhere from Dallas to Rotterdam, Moscow…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Don Butler

The National Capital Commission has begun work with a team of consultants on an illumination…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The Lowertown Community Association / Basseville Association Communitaire will celebrate the lively history of Dalhousie Street with free Heritage Walks in both English and…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

At the public meeting of the Ottawa Hospital held on June 24, 2015  Leslie Maitland, Past President of Heritage Ottawa and Dr. Clarke Topp, Professor Emeritus…

UPDATE, JULY 6, 2015 - Heritage Ottawa has followed up with City of Ottawa heritage staff concerning roof repairs underway on the Aberdeen Pavilion National Historic Site of Canada.  Heritage…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

It’s difficult to imagine what Ottawa would look like today had city planner Jacques Gréber never set foot here. We would most certainly not have the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On June 26, 2015 the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Heritage Ottawa, and architects Barry Padolsky and Shirley Blumberg filed an application in the…

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, By Laura Beeston

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Anais Voski

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Heritage Ottawa, and two architects are challenging in federal court the National Capital Commission’s…

CBC NEWS, OTTAWA

Heritage and architecture supporters have banded together to file a federal lawsuit against the proposed memorial to victims of communism, one day after the National…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Today the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Heritage Ottawa, and architects Barry Padolsky and Shirley Blumberg began an application in the Federal Court…