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…