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Projects

Sudbury Court House

ERA provided research and consultation on the heritage resources that could be affected by the proposed alterations and additions, designed by Castellan James Architects, to the Sudbury Courthouse. The building needed modifications to address long-standing issues related to program and space requirements on the site, provision of a sallyport entrance, and renovation and expansion of the holding cells. The scope...

Todmorden Mills Museum

Todmorden Mills is a small mid-nineteenth century industrial complex located in the Don Valley. A designated heritage site, the mill and residential buildings operate as a heritage and cultural centre. ERA provided long-term planning, museological and architectural conservation consulting to the site. One of the houses on the site is a rare adobe building for which ERA developed a detailed...

Windsor Star Building

As part of a long-term planning strategy to rejuvenate the city’s downtown, several heritage buildings are being adapted to house the facilities for a new downtown campus of the University of Windsor. The Windsor Star building is a finely crafted example of Beaux-Arts design with details in copper and carved stone. ERA is working with CS&P Architects to retain the...

Concrete Toronto

...a bold celebration of the city’s best structures, part guide book, part historical document, replete with archive imagery and contemporary musing on subjects like Uno Prii’s sculptural tower blocks and Viljo Revell’s City Hall.’– Wallpaper*’ This fat little volume argues forcefully and effectively for a fresh appreciation of Toronto’s built heritage in concrete … a rich and useful gathering of...

Royal Canadian Military Institute

This project involved the heritage conservation of the Royal Canadian Military Institute on Toronto’s University Avenue. Built in 1907, expanded in 1912, 1935 and renovated in the 1960s, the RCMI has a long history of evolving to meet the needs of its members. A partnership between the Royal Canadian Military Institute and Tribute Communities will allow for a condominium to...

The St. Hilda's tower St. Hilda’s Towers Transformation

St. Hilda’s Towers is a not-for-profit senior care community located in the Dufferin and Eglinton neighbourhood, providing more than three hundred units of affordable housing. Since 2017, ERA has worked with St. Hilda’s Towers and the City of Toronto to scope and implement a long-term stewardship plan, beginning with renewing the towers to be more healthy, low-energy, accessible and resilient...

Ryrie Building

The Ryrie Building is an innovative nineteenth century commercial development designed by architects Langley & Burke and constructed in 1891 with an addition by Horwood & White in 1913-14. The Ryrie Building is listed on the City of Toronto’s inventory of heritage properties. ERA has been involved in a long-term renovation programme including interior and exterior restoration and upgrading, reservicing...

View of the entrance to Lawrence Orton apartment Lawrence-Orton

...with community input, framed a long-term strategy for campus renewal, including building revitalization, community space upgrades, landscape and public space enhancements, and community service partnerships. Building from this masterplan, ERA supported TCHC in securing funding streams from various levels of government to execute the project in multiple phases. Phase One, now complete, included the comprehensive retrofit of the 236-unit apartment...

Wesley Building, CityTV/CTV

The Wesley Building was designed by Burke Horwood & White in 1913 to house the Methodist Book and Publishing Company (later the Ryerson Press). This broadcasting building is a designated heritage property, distinctive for its fine cream-coloured terra cotta tile cladding and ornamentation. ERA was retained to oversee the restoration of the terra cotta tile exterior. This work involved extensive...

Kingston Culture Plan

In 2009 the City of Kingston engaged a consultant team to undertake the Kingston Community Cultural Policy Plan as part of the recognition that culture and creativity are major drivers of the local economy. The aim of the study was to articulate a sustainable and long-term vision for cultural vitality in Kingston, and to identify possibilities for collaboration between cultural...

Mid-Century Retreat

...overhaul to improve its comfort and appearance. ERA redesigned the space to bring in more lake light and in so doing flaunt the massive stone fireplace and expose the previously hidden, beautiful, soaring wooden roof. A two-bedroom sleeping cabin and an outdoor shower were designed to create a rustic and charming retreat that embraces its long Georgian Bay views.  ...

Crystal Ballroom - King Edward Hotel Crystal Ballroom – King Edward Hotel

...as the go-to venue for high-profile social events from the 1920s to the 1970s. But the Ballroom fell into disrepair and disuse — being bypassed by the hotel’s major renovation in the 1980 — until ERA was engaged as Architect of Record and heritage consultant in late 2007. Since then, ERA has completed work in many parts of the King...