ERA Architects

Recent Projects

Sunnybrook Cenotaph Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto

Sheguiandah First Nation Community Court Sheguiandah First Nation
Manitoulin Island

Relic Linear Park Campbell House Museum Foundation
Toronto

plazaPOPS plazaPOPS
Greater Toronto Area

Centretown Heritage Inventory City of Ottawa
Ottawa

Exploratory typo-morphological study of Île-d’Orléans Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (MCCQ)
l’Île-d’Orléans

Bleau residence – Adaptive re-use study Service des grands parcs, du Mont-Royal et des sports, Ville de Montréal
Montréal

Adaptive re-use study in Bois-de-la-Roche Service des grands parcs, du Mont-Royal et des sports, Ville de Montréal
Senneville

Stories

Awards

Canadian Architect Award of Excellence awarded to the New Vic transformation project at McGill University

by Alessandro Tersigni

ERA is excited to announce that the New Vic transformation project at McGill University in Montreal was awarded a 2023 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence! As heritage architect on the project, ERA has been working with Diamond Schmitt and Lemay Michaud to restore and adapt the 130-year-old former Royal Victoria Hospital building into a state-of-the-art...

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Michael McClelland talks taste, class, and conservation in Azure Magazine

by Alessandro Tersigni

Azure Magazine‘s Stefan Novakovic recently interviewed ERA principal Michael McClelland about the relationships between taste, social class, and conservation and how they determine the ways we see and live in cities. As our understanding of heritage continues to evolve and broaden to include more diverse forms of value, this historical and practical look at the...

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Celebrating Claude Cormier

by Alessandro Tersigni, writer & researcher

The trailblazing Quebecois landscape architect Claude Cormier passed away two weeks ago after a thirty-year career spent creating many of Canada’s most lauded and inventive public spaces. Known for his joyful yet probing designs, Claude often upended status quos. Projects like Sugar Beach and Berczy Park resist traditional municipal aesthetics as much as they celebrate...

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Illustration as a tool of clarity: Q&A with Daniel Rotsztain

by Alessandro Tersigni, writer & researcher

ERA is excited to welcome Daniel Rotsztain as the firm’s first Artist-in-Residence. Known as the Urban Geographer, Daniel is a Toronto-based illustrator, writer, and community activator who contributes to urbanist discourses, practices, and modes of thinking in a variety of ways. He received a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph and...

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Breaking down barriers in the landscape: Q&A with Brendan Stewart

by Alessandro Tersigni, writer & researcher

Continuing our efforts to engage with landscape in foundational and innovative ways, ERA welcomes long-time collaborator Brendan Stewart back to the firm as a Senior Advisor on landscape practice. Brendan brings years of experience in landscape discourse and architecture from across the sectors of academia, industry, and nonprofit grassroots initiatives. Having studied with Randy Hester...