Claridge Icon

The Claridge Icon is a 45-story residential high-rise in the Little Italy neighborhood of Ottawa, Canada. It stands at the intersection of Carling Avenue and Preston Street and was designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects. When the building reached its full height in 2019, it surpassed the previous records as the tallest structure in the city since 1971 and in the entire Ottawa-Gatineau region since 1978. Construction, originally scheduled to be completed in late 2016, was significantly delayed. The causes included a fatal workplace accident in 2016, in which a worker was killed by a chunk of ice, as well as another fall in 2018. These incidents led to years of delays and fines against the developer and the general contractor.