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View of the Commons area with new landscaping Evergreen Brick Works

...to develop a low-carbon, high-efficiency venue, demonstrating sustainable place-making at its best. Read more about this aspect of the project. Implementation of a system of ponds and bio-swales that provide water for site irrigation, washrooms, and cooling technology. An interpretation plan for on-site and online educational resources, exhibits, and content, bringing together concepts of geology, history, industry, community, and sustainability....

Royal Canadian Military Institute

This project involved the heritage conservation of the Royal Canadian Military Institute on Toronto’s University Avenue. Built in 1907, expanded in 1912, 1935 and renovated in the 1960s, the RCMI has a long history of evolving to meet the needs of its members. A partnership between the Royal Canadian Military Institute and Tribute Communities will allow for a condominium to...

Royal Ontario Museum

...in a fine building that displays the regional development of early 20th century Romanesque style, as well as bold modern interventions. ERA was retained as the heritage consultant for the ROM Renaissance renovation. This work involves historical studies, municipal approvals, exterior masonry and window restoration, detailing connections between old and new building fabric, and the restoration of original interior spaces....

The Distillery District

...masonry, roof dormers and cupola, timber floors and structure, as well as reinstatement of windows that had been bricked in. The project also integrated building code requirements into the existing building and new design. A major challenge was to create useable floor space, which involved the removal of complete floor levels due to inadequate head height, as well as the...

The Kiln Building (Building 16), Evergreen Brick Works

...rails were retained in situ (where the original floor level was kept), concealed segments of active rails were interpreted with a flat plate metal insert, and concealed segments of passive rails, where bricks were stored, were interpreted with a sandblasted concrete finish. Finally, the concrete was tinted in areas where kiln was removed, referencing the footprint of the original kiln....

The McGill New Vic Project

The former Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), founded in 1893, was designed by the London architect Henry Saxon Snell in the Scottish neo-baronial style. Located on the slope of Mount Royal, it was intended to be a place of healing close to nature and far from the industrial city, in accordance with the theories of the time. The hospital was also...

8 King Street East

...the building, the existing asphalt roof at the building’s penthouse, as well as the elevator shaft roof, was replaced with new copper standing seam roofing to match the original design, including the addition of a modern waterproofing assembly. Overall, the conservation approach has not only restored the appearance of 8 King Street East, but improved its performance into the future....

The RAC Zone

...fifty years ago, it has prohibited the appropriate evolution of these neighbourhoods in response to ever changing local needs, opportunities, and aspirations. So although the communities themselves have evolved, the physical neighbourhoods have largely remained fixed. Not only inconvenient, this condition has begun to affect health outcomes, because the strict zoning laws have dissuaded local services, fresh food, employment opportunities,...

Art Gallery of Ontario

...and alterations, each completed by established and prominent architects representative of that time (Darling & Pearson, John C. Parkin, Barton Myers and Frank Gehry) . The AGO maintains a strong presence on Dundas Street West, a composed collage of architectural styles and talent representative of Toronto’s growth and evolution since 1818. It is a part of a cultural community that...

Stanley Barracks

...buildings, such as the Stanley Barracks and the East Enlisted Men’s Barracks, constructed of limestone. After Confederation, the ‘New Fort’ site was transferred to the Canadian Government. Though there were periods of vacancy, the buildings maintained their military use up to the 1940’s, housing the Royal Canadian Regiment and the Royal Canadian Dragoons and finally acting as ‘Exhibition Camp’ during...

51 Division – Police Headquarters

Consumers Gas Station A, designed by Bond & Smith and completed in 1898, has been integrated into a new design by Stantec Architecture for Toronto Police Services 51 Division headquarters. The heritage building is a tall, arcaded shed, gable ended, with a long extruded roof form, refined Classical composition, decorative masonry, and numerous windows. The new addition and the old...

Maclean House at 7 Austin Terrace

7 Austin Terrace was part of the estate of Canadian publisher John B. Maclean, founder of Maclean’s Magazine. The main section of the house was never completed, leaving the intended gatehouse to become Maclean’s primary residence. Architect John Lyle, known for his designs of the Royal Alexandra Theatre and Union Station, was the architect on record for this property. Built...