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University College: Revitalization and Accessibility 

by ERA Architects

...accessibility requirements at ramps picked up on chevron patterns also present in the earlier designs. On any contemporary ramp (or stairs), you want a visual, and often textural signifier that the ramp is ending. Often, it’s a sort of yellow rubber. Ours is just a more subtle way of doing this, but it’s still quite clearly visible. You’re not going...

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Ideas & Issues

Three lessons from Europe’s independent cultural spaces

by Daniel Rotsztain, artist in residence

...out  Rehabilitating heritage buildings for contemporary use can involve years of design, approvals, renovations, and big budgets, creating further barriers for the accessibility of arts and culture spaces. Studio Alta — an independent cultural organization in Czechia and the hosts of the 2022 TEH conference — is run out of a baroque 19th century hospital at the eastern edge of...

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OCAD 2012 Sustainable Design Awards

by Graeme Stewart

ERA is a proud sponsor and juror for the 2012 Sustainable Design awards. Initiated by students at OCAD and Sustainable.to, the awards celebrate student work throughout OCAD’s many faculties. In its second year off the ground, the awards have grown, with ambitions to go National in 2013. Congratulations to the winners and the students who ran the awards. For more...

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‘Tower, Slab, Superblock: Social Housing Legacies and Futures’ Sparks the Imagination on Postwar Design and Construction

by ERA Architects

...of Technology, Kenny Cupers, Associate Professor in the History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Basel, Frédéric Druot, Founder and Partner, Frédéric Druot Architecture, Susanne Schindler – Architect, writer, and housing columnist for Urban Omnibus, Martine August, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, and Graeme Stewart,...

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Toronto Urban Design Award Winners

by ERA Architects

...West Donlands Public Realm, Award of Excellence – Large Places and/or Neighbourhood Designs 619 Queen West, Award of Merit – Private Buildings in Low-Scale Urban Infill in the Village of Yorkville, Award of Merit – Private Buildings in Low-Scale Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Award of Merit – Large Places and/or Neighbourhood Designs For more information on the projects please visit the...

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John Street Square _ Design Competition Finalists

by ERA Architects

The five finalists for the John Street Square Design Ideas Competition have been revealed on-line. It is now up to you to vote for your favorite redesign of this important but underutilized public space at the strategic intersection of King and John Streets. Voting closes on January 9th, 2011, but until then you’re allowed to vote once/day. Vote early and...

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Awards

Gordonridge Community Multi-Sport Court wins national landscape architecture award

by ERA Architects

...This project is a remarkable blend of community engagement, empathetic approach, and skillful design with modest means. The project has been significantly informed by the close relationship the designers have developed with the community through dialogue, social events, collaborative design, and the testing of ideas before the final design. As a result of the process, the design is careful to...

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125th Anniversary of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at U of T

by ERA Architects

Architecture Students, 1969, U of T Archives This year the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design will celebrate a landmark 125th anniversary. 125 years ago, in 1890, the University of Toronto became the first school in Canada to establish an architecture program. In honour of this, a few events will take place. May 30, 10:00am – 6:00pm...

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Heritage Toronto – Poster Design Finalists

by admin

If you missed seeing the Heritage Toronto 2008 Poster Design finalists at the Toronto the Good party you can view the work at the Urbanscape Architectural Gallery which is located at 2959 Dundas St.W The opening reception is this Friday June 20 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm...

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Ontario Place in docomomoUS

by ERA Architects

...landscape. Ontario Place was completed in 1971 – a major public attraction, with elaborate harbourfront landscape design by Michael Hough, and space-age architecture by Eberhard Zeidler. The design of the site included the Cinesphere, a triodetic dome housing the world’s first permanent IMAX cinema; five interconnected “pods” – pavilions containing exhibition space, restaurants, and shops; and the landscape context: an...

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Paul Karakusevic on A New Era of Social Housing

by ERA Architects

...UK. Paul’s recently published book and exhibition titled ‘ Social Housing: Definitions and Designs Exemplars’, features 24 case studies across Europe from the new generation of architecture and design firms that are responding to the many issues dominant in social housing: high demand, changing clients, new funding methods, addressing how homes are delivered at scale, achieving high standards of design...

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Montreal Trend House to be lost?

by ERA Architects

...amenities and appliances. The interior of the homes were furnished by Eatons, employing primarily furniture and textiles from Canadian designs, selected by the National Industrial Design Council of Canada. Of the 11 homes built across Canada, this is the only example in Quebec. On the Trend House Chronicles site, Michael Kurtz writes: As in the Case Study program, the design...

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