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The Distillery District

...documentation, partial dismantling, storage and re-erection on site during the construction phase. Client: Cityscape Development Corporation & Dundee Realty Partner: architectsAlliance Consultant: Ava A Janikowski Architect The Stone Distillery The Stone Distillery is the most prominent structure on the site of the Distillery District, National Historic Site. Erected 1859 to 1861, this is the oldest distillery structure in Canada and...

Halton Hills Cultural Heritage Strategy

...of it centred on the communities of Georgetown and Acton. In 2021, ERA was retained by the Town of Halton Hills to develop a Cultural Heritage Strategy that would guide the municipal heritage program. Working closely with the Town’s Manager of Heritage Planning and an interdepartmental team of municipal staff, we developed a Strategy that would integrate heritage conservation holistically...

Hudson Valley House

This stately 1850’s farmhouse in New York’s Hudson Valley was fully restored and updated in 2021. ERA worked closely with the owners to design a contemporary addition to the historic house, while ensuring that the architectural prominence of the original was preserved. The addition is connected by a glazed link, allowing views to penetrate through to the bucolic landscape beyond...

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...

The McGill New Vic Project

...heritage site and an indigenous archaeological area of interest. Hersey Pavilion is also a National Historic Site of Canada. Beyond these multiple statuses, the “Royal Vic” is a site at the heart of the city and at the heart of Montrealers. Following the relocation of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) to the Glen site in 2015, the Royal Victoria...

Bombardier Centre for Aerospace and Aviation

...the building’s original use while maintaining the site’s ongoing affiliation with Canadian aviation history. doublespace photography The site is a unique entity within Toronto; the appropriation of land to establish CFB Downsview in 1947, and the purchase of the de Havilland properties in 1954 generated over 500 acres of land completely within the control of the Federal Government and shielded...

The RAC Zone

...not have been possible without this diverse group of collaborators and stakeholders working together. It is a testament to what is possible through collaboration, and perhaps the start of new way for social agencies, local communities, architects, and the City to work together towards a brighter Toronto. To learn more about the RAC zone, visit www.raczone.ca and www.towerrenewal.com    ...

Adaptive re-use study in Bois-de-la-Roche

The agricultural estate Bois-de-la-Roche is a site of exceptional heritage value, with parts of its landscape and architectural elements recognized by municipal, provincial, and federal authorities. When senator and businessman Louis-Jospeh Forget established his estate between 1886 and 1908, the site already had several structures built on it. He added new buildings, some conceptualized by renown architects Edward and William...

Greenhouse at the Parkwood Estate National Historic Site. Parkwood Estate National Historic Site: Greenhouse Conservation

Oshawa’s Parkwood Estate was erected in 1915 as the home of automotive industrialist Colonel Sam McLaughlin, who had a keen interest in horticulture. Designed by the leading establishment architecture firm Darling & Pearson, the estate included five greenhouses, with additional greenhouses added over time. The estate is now a National Historic Site. After the property was transferred to a local...

Îlot Bonsecours – PHI Contemporain

...to identify its heritage values and the character-defining elements. The second objective was to understand the challenges involved in the adaptive reuse of the site and to identify the conservation guidelines and approaches for the site as a whole, as well for each building. The study was used as a reference during the international architecture competition “Phi Contemporary”, to guide...

Dundurn National Historic Site

Dundurn National Historic Site is a prominent historic house in Hamilton, dating from 1835. This Regency style mansion was built as the home of Sir Allan Napier McNab. ERA’s work at Dundurn includes underpinning of foundations walls, repointing and waterproofing and below-grade drainage to prevent periodic floods in the basement. Extensive archaeological work was done to document the remains of...

View of the Commons area with new landscaping Evergreen Brick Works

...and intervened only when necessary to make the site safer and ready to be used. Minor interventions such as selective repairs to masonry, woodwork, and rooves; stabilizations and repairs to foundations and trusses; installation of water management features such as new flashing and rainwater leaders. Site-wide collaborations with Diamond Schmidt, DuToit Alsopp Hillier (DTAH), and Claude Cormier to unite heritage...