News Category: Milestones

Joint Facility Update

September 2020: Latest updates on the joint facility project September already! Good news: the Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada Joint Project Team and architectural firms have continued their design work over the past few months. Here is some of the latest news on the project: Progress on the design of the OPL-LAC

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World-renowned architectural team to design joint facility for Ottawa Public Library, Library and Archives Canada

Following successful negotiations, the team of Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects will design the new joint facility shared by Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada. The design development work for this major civic building is expected to begin in early 2019. Diamond Schmitt Architects is an internationally recognized Canadian architecture firm established

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Future site of new central library to be local and national destination

Future site of new central library to be local and national destination At a ceremony held today, Mayor Jim Watson and The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, with Councillor Tim Tierney, Chair of the Ottawa Public Library Board, dedicated the

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City announces shortlist of five teams to design new central library

A new milestone has been achieved in the project to create a new Ottawa Public Library – Library and Archives Canada joint facility. A City of Ottawa Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process for professional design services, initiated in May of 2017, has resulted in the selection of five shortlisted teams from 33 submissions received. The

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