New Chteau Laurier expansion design incites fury online

Ottawa's #ChateauLaurier restoration if the hotel were a painting. #OttCity pic.twitter.com/fhGloBZ9FG

—@ryanwright

@OttawaMorning I've NEVER think to quote Prince Charles but this is 'a monstrous carbuncle on the face...of an elegant friend'

—@Omaizzy

@OttawaMorning it's quite obvious to me that the owners have dusted off a shelved concept and stuck it alongside the Chateau. Awful.

—@Sim4ce

@CBCOttawa Yikes, that's horrifically ugly & inappropriate. Worse than Mitterand's pyramid at the Louvre. Leave the Chateau Laurier alone!

—@MikeMcPickles

@jchianello this falls under the category "back to the drawing board!

—@JimWatsonOttawa

@CBCOttawa Is this a joke? Pretty cruel if it is. What idiot thinks this is a great design? Didn't learn from ROM's Michael Lee-Chin fiasco?

—@JudyTyeArts

@CBCOttawa that just makes a beautiful building ugly! I certainly would stop going downtown, as it would ruin the views!

—@crystaljama

@CBCOttawa if that happens then chateau laurier will be the ugliest building downtown lol

—@eastbeasts

@CBCOttawa Expansion is fine, but this design *must* be rethought. Completely off the mark and Ottawans won't stand for it.

—@FailedProtostar

@CBCOttawa Never a good plan to Trumpify a heritage building.

—@SFAgentPeterG

@CBCOttawa This ranks up there with the Mother Canada statue and the Communism Memorial for thoughtless design and cloying, irritating scale

—@BillyOHanlon

@CBCOttawa Looks like a series of barcodes!

—@MullingJenny

@CBCOttawa is today April fools? Did you see the view from Major Hill's park? That's taking the heritage out of Ottawa.

—@donatottawa

@OttawaMorning Chateau reminds me of the pyramid at the Louvre. Old and modern combined. I'm ok with it. #confessyourunpopularopinion

—@jennifersalahub

@CBCOttawa A good mesh bewtween the historic and modern given the new condo on one side and the Parilimant Hil on the other.

—@raymondsnow

@OttawaMorning another case of people complaining about an aesthetic that will have zero impact on their actual lives. #chateaulaurier

—@OttawaTalks