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Ottawa’s iconic Château Laurier held hostage by developers and architects
TORONTO STAR, By Penny Collenette
How do you protect what is perceived to be a public heritage space when it is privately owned? This very contentious issue is facing Ottawa’s City Council...
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Dans Les Nouvelles: Patrimoine Ottawa prend parole au sujet de l'annexe proposée au Château Laurier
PATRIMOINE OTTAWA
Mercredi le 29 mai, 2019
Aujourd'hui, Robert Moreau de Patrimoine Ottawa a parlé avec Radio-Canada au sujet de l'annexe proposée au Château Laurier. CLIQUEZ ICI...
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Château Laurier architects unwilling to make 'significant' alterations to latest design
Built heritage subcommittee pans hotel addition, but has little power
CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello
The owners of the Château Laurier have no intention of making substantial changes...
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City's heritage subcommittee says Château Laurier design should be rejected
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
An overwhelming number of the City of Ottawa’s official heritage protectors say council’s planning committee should reject the latest design of a proposed...
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Don't like the Château Laurier addition? Blame your councillor
Council abdicated political responsibility by approving it, sight unseen
CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello
If you hate the latest version of the Château Laurier hotel addition, and if...
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Coffman: The Château Laurier addition is genuinely incompatible. Here's why
OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION By Peter Coffman
City staff has decreed that the latest design for an addition to the Château Laurier meets the standard of compatibility with the historic hotel...
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Mayor Watson still underwhelmed with latest Château Laurier design
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The company that owns the Château Laurier is “tone-deaf” to criticisms piling up over the proposed addition to the historic hotel, Mayor Jim Watson said...
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Latest Château Laurier design meets council's requirements for compatibility, city staff say
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
City planners back the latest design of an addition to the Château Laurier, despite criticism that the expansion would sully the image of the heritage hotel...
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Take 5: Latest Château Laurier addition design already under fire
CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello
The fifth — and possibly final — version of the controversial addition to Ottawa's iconic Château Laurier is now public, and while it's smaller in scale than...
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HERITAGE OTTAWA: LETTER TO OWNER OF CHÂTEAU LAURIER
HERITAGE OTTAWA
On March 11, Heritage Ottawa sent a letter of appeal to the president of Larco Investments Ltd., owner of the Château Laurier Hotel, to reconsider their design...