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Agrandissement du Château Laurier

  • Open Letter: Canada's Great Historians Oppose Château Laurier Addition

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    We're pleased to share the following open letter written by four of Canada's leading historians: professors Robert Bothwell, John English, Norman Hillmer and Margaret…

  • Open Letter: Canada's Great Historians Oppose Château Laurier Addition

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    We're pleased to share the following open letter written by four of Canada's leading historians: professors Robert Bothwell, John English, Norman Hillmer and Margaret…

  • CHÂTEAU LAURIER'S APPLICATION TO COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT "FATALLY FLAWED"

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    On September 18, the Committee of Adjustment will be considering an application by the owners of the Château Laurier for “minor variances” from the Heritage Overlay…

  • Phyllis Lambert to Committee of Adjustment: Dismiss the Minor Variance Application for Château Laurier Addition

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Architectural visionary Phyllis Lambert, widely considered one of the world's most influential figures in architecture, sent a letter to the Committee of Adjustment today…

  • National Trust to Committee of Adjustment: Refuse the "Minor Variances"

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    The following letter was sent today by the National Trust for Canada to the Committee of Adjustment.

     

    Re: Proposed Expansion of the Château Laurier Hotel…

  • Ron Williams to Committee of Adjustment: Current Proposal is Entirely Inappropriate

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    The following letter was sent by Architect and Landscape Architect Ron Williams, O.C., to the Committee of Adjustment on September 17, 2019.

     

    Dear…

  • CHÂTEAU LAURIER: Heritage Ottawa Files Court Application Against Council Delegating Authority to Staff Over Hotel Addition

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Heritage Ottawa’s legal representative, Michael S. Polowin, Gowling WLG, today filed a Notice of Application to Quash with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that…

  • CHÂTEAU LAURIER ADDITION: A CALL TO ACTION TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS EVERYWHERE

    ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS (OALA)

    On Wednesday, September 18, 2019, the Committee of Adjustment of the City of Ottawa will hear an application by the developer LARCO…

  • ICOMOS CANADA to Committee of Adjustment: Reject the Château Laurier Request for Minor Variance

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    The following letter was sent by ICOMOS CANADA to the Committee of Adjustment on September 16, 2019.

     

    Dear members of the committee,

    RE: Chateau…

  • Fight over Château Laurier addition heading to court

    CBC NEWS, By Matthew Kupfer

    Heritage Ottawa is arguing in a court application filed Monday that the city did not have the legal authority to put staff in the position to approve the Château…