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Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.

  • Coffman on Proposed Château Laurier Addition: Compatibility
    Friday, June 22, 2018

    THE HTA BLOG, By Peter Coffman

    Several objections were raised at last Monday’s meeting of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee to the proposed extension of the Château Laurier. The thread that...

  • Heritage Ottawa to Planning Committee "DRAFT*
    Friday, June 22, 2018

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    The City of Ottawa’s Built Heritage Sub Committee (BHSC) met on June 18, 2018 to consider the City staff’s recommendation to accept the latest design for a proposed addition...

  • Jeanes: Château Laurier addition – design excellence must be the standard
    Thursday, June 21, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By David Jeanes

    The following is offered in rebuttal to a column by Mohammed Adam (Ottawa Citizen, June 11) about the proposed addition to the Château Laurier:

    ...

  • National Indigenous Peoples Day in Ottawa
    Thursday, June 21, 2018

    HERITAGE OTTAWA

    Today is an historic National Indigenous Peoples Day for Ottawa. On this day, the City established the permanent presence at City Hall of the flags of the Algonquin...

  • National Indigenous Peoples Day in Ottawa | June 21, 2018
    Thursday, June 21, 2018
  • Heritage Sub-committee wants council to send Château Laurier back to the drawing board
    Monday, June 18, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

    The city’s built-heritage subcommittee is recommending the architects of the Château Laurier addition go back to the drawing board.

    The panel of...

  • Heritage committee demands more changes to Château annex
    Monday, June 18, 2018

    'We want to feel the addition loves the Château as much as we do'

    CBC NEWS, By Laura Osman

    The architects behind a controversial addition to Ottawa's Château Laurier still don't have...

  • City of Ottawa staff approve Château Laurier redesign project
    Thursday, June 14, 2018

    CONSTRUCTION LINKS NETWORK

    City staff are recommending council approve a proposed addition to the iconic Château Laurier that heritage advocates have denounced.

    In a report released...

  • When Architecture Fails to Speak for Itself… The Château Laurier Addition
    Thursday, June 14, 2018

    Savanturier Blog,  By Andrew Waldron

    Imagine it is 2030 and over the past decade the Château Laurier addition has been derided not only for its misunderstanding of architecture, but for the...

  • City hall heritage experts recommend approving the controversial Château Laurier addition
    Tuesday, June 12, 2018

    OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

    City heritage planners support the Château Laurier’s proposed design for its glassy seven-storey addition, despite hearing strong opposition from the...

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