ERA has been working with the City of Toronto, Book McIlroy, planningAlliance, and Public Work, among others, on numerous objectives and design principles that will guide the design and construction of the Eglinton Crosstown transit corridor. Continue reading…
Michael McClelland at the Getty: Toronto Towers
Michael McClelland spoke in 2013 to the Getty Conservation Institute’s “Colloquium to Advance the Practice of Conserving Modern Architecture.” The presentation discussed Toronto’s unique development of tower neighbourhoods in the context of modernist planning principles and modern heritage conservation. ERA advocates for an approach to the conservation of these neighbourhoods through a considered process of ‘Tower Renewal’ that understands not just the design value of the modernist buildings themselves, but also the context of the neighbourhoods they support and the progressive ideas they represent.
You can see a video of Michael’s presentation at the Getty Institute, or read an approximate transcript below: Continue reading…
Job Shadowing: Architectural Conservancy of Ontario

ERA associate Joey Giamo introduces 19-21 Dundas Square to recent McGill Planning Graduate Megan Rolph
ERA recently participated in the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s Second Annual Job Shadow Program, organized by the ACO’s NextGen group. Continue reading…