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Toronto the Good

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The 2011 Toronto the Good party was a great success! For more details, please visit www.torontothegood.org and stay tuned to our ERA Office Blog for event photos and discussions of the issues raised at the Tower Neighbourhood Renewal symposium. ERA started the Toronto the Good parties to bring together a broad cross-section of Torontonians who are interested in the city...

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Capitalizing on Heritage / Awarding Conservation: Materials, Craftsmanship and Construction

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...part of the award-winning team for the National Trust for Canada Ecclesiastical Insurance Cornerstone Award of Excellence in Adaptive Use/Rehabilitation for the heritage conservation of Eva’s Phoenix, in a supporting role for LGA Architects. The building is a new facility that is transforming the lives of Toronto’s homeless youth in the west-end of the city. Conference website: http://www.apti.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=2017conference&category=2017 Annual Conference...

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TORONTO the GOOD

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It’s that time of year again for the annual Toronto the Good party presented by ERA Architects, Spacing Magazine, ‘murmur’, and the Toronto Society of Architects! Keep May 15th open in your calendars for another great night of celebration. For details go to http://www.torontothegood.org/ We have good reason to celebrate as ERA has announced the creation of 5 new Associate...

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The 34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards

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...Portico (William Greer Architectural Conservation & Craftsmanship Award) Concrete Toronto: A Guide Book to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties to the Seventies (Book category) “What Lies Beneath” Newspaper Series by Scott Weir (Media category) The 34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards will take place Monday October 27, 2008 at the Carlu. For more information visit the Heritage Toronto website at http://www.heritagetoronto.org....

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2008 Holcim Awards

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The Evergreen Brick Works received an acknowledgement prize at the 2008 Holcim Awards for sustainable construction. Please follow the link below for more information. http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T796/A08NA-AckC.htm...

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Creative Space & Urban Stone: Public Talk

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...and extend the conversation, relating these findings, challenges and opportunities to urban spaces in Toronto and Canada. Report here: https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/creative-space-contemporary-use-stone-urban-spaces A public talk by David F Wilson (UK) in conversation with Brendan Stewart (University of Guelph), co-hosted with the Dry Stone Walling Association of Canada (Dry Stone Canada). REGISTER HERE VIA EVENTBRITE Doors at 6:30pm, Talk begins 7:00pm 625 Church...

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Charles Birnbaum visits landscapes of Toronto

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...community and business organizations to build dialog and consensus on the value of these sites. A video of the lecture should be available soon on Daniels’ website. Also note Michael McClelland’s article “Designating Modern Cultural Landscapes in Canada.” Oscar Wilde Dinner In addition to this engaging lecture, Charles joined us for a special dinner at Jamie Kennedy’s Gilead to build...

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Division 11 wins at OAA

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...the City to incorporate the school into a new design. Following a thorough process collaborating with the community and TPS, ERA and Stantec were able to integrate the heritage fabric into a successful new campus including Police facilities, community facilities, and landscaped public space. Congrats Stantec and thanks OAA! For more info, please see our portfolio piece on Division 11....

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Irwin House: Floating in mid-air

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...about six inches per minute and took almost three days in total. The relocation of Irwin House this short distance makes it more visually accessible from Yonge St. and allows for a more successful integration of new design and heritage fabric. For more info and pictures on this project, please see a recent story in The National Post online.  ...

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Pug Awards: 11 Division!

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...the City to incorporate the school into a new design. Following a thorough process collaborating with the community and TPS, ERA and Stantec were able to integrate the heritage fabric into a successful new campus including Police facilities, community facilities, and landscaped public space. Congrats Stantec and thanks OAA! For more info, please see our portfolio piece on Division 11....

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Missed Connections

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Inspired by our friends at Coach House, we put out a discrete little Missed Connections box near the entry of the Toronto the Good party this year. If you met or saw someone interesting, but couldn’t quite muster up the nerve to exchange information, maybe the magic of Missed Connections could help. Below are a small, curated handful of the...

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Inspiring City Builders of Tomorrow: ERA & Jane’s Walk

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...Central Technical School, where they shared research strategies, made connections between Toronto and students’ places of origin, and inspired conversation about students’ interests. After a presentation by Jasmine on how to access online information from the Toronto Archives, the students broke into small groups to decide upon stops in the walking tour they wanted to create and research. Three classroom...

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