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100 Spadina Road

...out for similar code and corrosion reasons. Ultimately, durable, fritted glass panels, etched to resemble the original concrete block pattern, were installed. The current scheme is much lighter, both physically and visually, than the original, and in keeping with the overall spirit of Prii’s architecture. During the renovation, the building was also repainted in keeping with the architect’s design intent....

100 Yorkville Avenue

...building, which has been repaired and made weather-tight with the assistance of ERA. The stabilized structure was moved onto the sidewalk of Yorkville Avenue in 2006, while the new foundations for 100 Yorkville were constructed. It was moved back to its final location in 2008 and now houses Teatro Verde. 100 Yorkville is a residential/retail development with underground public parking....

Art Gallery of Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is an important cultural institution both locally for the City of Toronto and internationally as one of Canada’s most important cultural showplaces. The AGO is one of Toronto’s foremost institutions and has a rich historical and architectural background. Since its inception nearly 100 years ago, the Gallery has undergone many significant and distinct additions...

The Distillery District

...of the building with a passive voice, but instead requires a strategic intervention, drawing out its latent qualities and giving it renewed meaning. Delivered with impeccable detailing, the project distinguishes between the old and the new – a well-rehearsed genre – but here brings the two into seamless and inventive cohesion.” “The contemporary insertion is careful and clever, creating a...

The Tower Renewal Project

...housing, and urgently needs strategies for rehabilitation and renewal. (Read more about Tower Renewal here: Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis – Toronto, Vol. 25, No. 29, Friday, July 23, 2021) Since 2007, ERA has been the lead initiator of Tower Renewal. In 2009, ERA formed the Centre...

Interior of University College Library from second floor balcony. University College

...The Library, lost to a fire in 1890, was reinstated in its original location with the layout of the stacks and mezzanine level a direct reference to the original library form. A new window opening in the West Hall study room mimics the original connection between the Museum and Library in the pre-fire building layout. Other improvements include renovated classrooms,...

Bloor Gladstone Library

...building. Rehabilitating the heritage building to permit barrier-free access and improved interior circulation required a number of sensitive modifications to the original design. The original main floor level was located a half-storey above grade, and a series of later alterations had broken up the interior into several cramped spaces that were underutilized. Two grand reading rooms with fireplaces were also...

Morden House Captain G.E. Morden House

Built in 1858, Captain G.E. Morden House is an example of an original residential estate built during the time of settlement in the Town of Oakville. The building’s historical value is rooted in its past as the home to Oakville’s Morden family from 1900-1947. Captain George Handy Morden owned and operated several Lake Schooners and founded the Morden Line steamers,...

Ken Sobel Tower viewed from air Ken Soble Tower

...only possible, but critical to preserving and enhancing housing across the country. ” –Graeme Stewart, ERA Architects Built in 1967, the Ken Soble Tower is the oldest high-rise multi-residential building in CityHousing Hamilton’s portfolio and has been in decline for several years. After considering several options including sale, rebuild, capital repair, and rehabilitation, CityHousing opted to retrofit the building, making...

The Brighthouse Farm

The 100-acre Anderson-Brighthouse farmstead contains a farmhouse and barn built in 1867, a series of out buildings, and an eight-acre clearing nestled amongst a dense forest. After a successful interior renovation of the farmhouse, the owners engaged ERA as lead architects to convert the barn into a 100-person multi-purpose event space, that, according to the owners, “felt more like an...

Richmond Adelaide Centre

...W. was designed by Baldwin and Green and is notable for its fine Art Deco decoration. It is associated with Group of Seven artist J.E.H. MacDonald, who did the murals, ceiling painting and mosaic tile work in the building. The other two notable buildings on the block are also designated heritage properties, these include the Federal Building at 85 Richmond...

Wateridge Village / Village des Riverains: Commemoration Program

...The Program is grounded in story collection and research which generated an understanding of the lands as experienced by Algonquin, military, and francophone communities over time. The personal and ancestral stories of these communities are summarized in the document to inspire and inform commemoration strategies as well as the ongoing reconnection between Algonquin peoples and the oral traditions, including stories...