Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Exhibit at Ottawa's National Arts Centre Will Showcase Centennial Architecture ProjectsMonday, June 29, 2015THE GLOBE AND MAIL, By Laura Beeston
Roughly 50 years ago, a crop of 900-odd performance art spaces, science museums and rec centres was established coast to...
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Opponents Ask Court to Block NCC Work on Memorial to Victims of CommunismFriday, June 26, 2015OTTAWA 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 decision...
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Architecture, Heritage Groups File Lawsuit Over Communism MemorialFriday, June 26, 2015CBC 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...
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News Release: Group Takes Legal Action on Memorial to Victims of CommunismFriday, June 26, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
Today the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Heritage Ottawa, and architects Barry Padolsky and Shirley Blumberg began an application in the Federal Court challenging...
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Strutt House To Benefit From Prestigious Conservation Grant from The Getty FoundationThursday, June 25, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
The Strutt House, an important modernist building in the Ottawa region designed in 1956 by architect James Strutt, will be benefiting from a conservation grant from The...
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Coalition of Architects Urges Relocation of Memorial to Victims of CommunismTuesday, June 23, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford
A coalition of architects, planners and landscape designers is urging National Capital Commission chairman Russell Mills to appeal directly to Prime...
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Advocating for Protection of the Central Experimental Farm, A National Historic Site of CanadaTuesday, June 23, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
The National Capital Commission (NCC) will hold its Annual Public Meeting on Thursday, June 25.
Heritage Ottawa's President, David Jeanes, has registered the...
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ARCHITECTURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE CENTENNIAL PROJECTS 50 YEARS ONMonday, June 22, 2015The National Arts Centre was a centennial project, built to mark a major milestone in Canadian history.
On Canada Day, a new exhibit entitled "Architecture and National Identity: The...
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NCC to Preserve Iconic Strutt House in Gatineau Park as a Public PavilionMonday, June 22, 2015OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford
Gatineau’s iconic Strutt House, lauded by National Capital Commission CEO Mark Kristmanson as “a unique 20th century architectural treasure in the national...
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Lecture Season Concludes on a High NoteSunday, June 21, 2015HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa's 2014-2015 lecture series concluded on a high note last week with a tremendous presentation by local historian Martha Edmond. Her illustrated talk entitled...