CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

The city is looking to designate five hydro substations built nearly a century ago as heritage structures, a move intended to protect the architectural…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford

The most prestigious property in Canada is up for development and the federal government is asking architects from around the world to brainstorm ideas for…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Residents of a Nepean neighbourhood are in a race against time to save a heritage estate from redevelopment, but it's going to cost them.

For years,…

CBC NEWS, By Ryan Patrick Jones

The federal government plans to redevelop an entire city block directly across from Parliament Hill as part of ongoing reconstruction efforts in the capital…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

More than a quarter of all federally owned, leased or licensed buildings in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, including many landmark downtown buildings, are in…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa is currently accepting applications for the Heritage Grant for Building Restoration program.

Property owners of buildings designated under Part IV…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

City planners have sent a rare refusal recommendation to council’s planning committee, arguing that a proposed 17-storey hotel wouldn’t be compatible with an…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

A new three-storey British High Commission building nestled in the lush riverfront property of Earnscliffe is challenging architects to complement the…

THE CANADIAN PRESS, By Lee Berthiaume

A soon-to-be-retired senator has taken his decades-long fight to protect important heritage buildings to “the heart of the nation,” where his final act…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Tom Spears

Serge Joyal will leave the Senate in February, but first he wants to give the National Capital Commission power to regulate development near Parliament Hill.…

Heritage designation will help guide the restoration of the historic building as part of its integration into new mixed-use development site. Read more.

GLOBAL NEWS, By Beatrice Britneff…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Richard Belliveau

A new federal cabinet has been named. Now, who will stand up for our national heritage in the capital?

Canadians are shocked that there is no…

Heritage Ottawa's Leslie Maitland appeared on CTV News today to comment on the ongoing "demolition by neglect" of 24 Sussex Drive.

CLICK HERE for the video segmment at CTVnews.ca

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HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa submitted a written appeal to the city's Planning Committee this week, urging it to delay recommendation of the Zoning Bylaw Amendment and Plan of…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

The City of Ottawa has wrapped up a massive inventory of buildings that have heritage value, a study that took several years to complete.

After reviewing…

Motion passed Tuesday calls for consultation, protects farmers market

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

A last-minute compromise passed at city hall Tuesday will slow — or possibly even…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Fans of gothic architecture and gothic fiction have a double treat in store this Halloween night when architectural historian and Heritage Ottawa board member Peter…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) has made a pitch to expand its role at Lansdowne and take over the city-run urban park, but the local councillor fears…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Duffy

The controversial addition to the Château Laurier is suddenly in a state of limbo after the city’s committee of adjustment rejected the hotel owner’s request…

CBC NEWS

The planned expansion of the Château Laurier was dealt a blow Friday as the city's committee of adjustment said…

Committee of adjustment to issue a decision on September 27

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Ottawa's committee of adjustment had likely never seen so many big names before.

On…

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…

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…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On September 11, Women of Architecture | Capital Region (WOA!) and the Ottawa chapter of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) are proud to present the…

OTTAWA SUN, By Antonella Artuso

A majority of Canadians want the most famous residence in the country — 24 Sussex Drive — to be renovated rather than torn down, a new poll shows.

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jacob Hoytema

We’ve known all along that the history was beneath our feet. We just weren’t sure what it would look like.

All summer, archeologists have been…

CBC NEWS, By Krystalle Ramlakhan

Businesses in the ByWard Market that were destroyed by a fire in April can start the cleanup and restoration process soon.

The William Street…

Federal lawmakers have talked for years about a law to protect historic sites. The Château Laurier fiasco shows that it’s time to finally act.

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CBC NEWS

Ottawa heritage advocates have hired a legal team as they try to stop what they call an "inappropriate" addition to the Château Laurier hotel.

The addition at the rear of…

CBC NEWS, By David Thurton

Canadian celebrity comedian Tom Green drew in the crowds at a sunset picnic in Ottawa on Saturday– in the shadow of the Château Laurier and its looming…

Three layers of regulatory protections could not prevent the approval of an incompatible addition to an iconic heritage site, the Château Laurier.

POLICY OPTIONS | By Peter Coffman

Global News | By Christopher Whan

In the wake of the city of Ottawa’s decision to move out of the way of the much-maligned addition to the Château Laurier, Ottawa-born comedian Tom Green is…

The following letter was written by François LeBlanc, former Chief Architect of the National Capital Commission (NCC) and Advisor to ICOMOS and UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee.

July 8,…

Originally published June 6, 2019

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Architectural visionary Phyllis Lambert, widely considered one of the world's most influential figures in architecture, has written…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On June 10, Heritage Ottawa submitted the following letter to the Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, responsible for the National Capital Commission (NCC),…