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Creative Space & Urban Stone: Public Talk

by ERA Architects

...Street, Toronto 3 minute walk from Bloor-Yonge Station (TTC) Car and Bike Parking at the rear of building (Impark Parking) This venue has elevator access and an accesible washroom Reception to follow, generously sponsored by Jonathan Kearns, Founding Principal of Kearns Mancini Architects (B.ARCH., OAA, FRAIC, RIBA, FRIAI, AIBC, AANB, AAA) and Member Dry Stone Canada David F. Wilson Artist,...

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Cities Alive Podcast – Zoning Out! Pt. 1

by ERA Architects

...possible for residents to start their own businesses and have access to fresh food, community services and other aspects of neighbourhood life many neighbourhoods take for granted. These reforms are one step toward creating more complete communities. To learn more about how zoning works, and what projects are challenging traditional ideas about zoning to create a more dynamic Toronto, listen...

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Residents and Small artists gather at the opening of Laskay's Gate

Celebrating Laskay through Memory’s Gate

by ERA Architects

...idea come to fruition through Small, which works with communities to express cultural heritage in a tangible way. In November, local residents, the Township of King and Small celebrated the opening of Memory’s Gate, a new public art installation in Laskay, a rural village located northwest of Toronto.  Together with the Township of King’s Parks, Recreation and Culture department and...

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2007 – Ontario Professional Planners Institute Awards

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OPPI Award of Excellence for University of Ottawa: King Edward Precinct Plan Urban Strategies, ERA Architects and Delcan. King Edward Precinct Study OPPI Award of Excellence for Urban and Community Design for the Evergreen at the Brick Works Master Plan team led by planningAlliance Evergreen Brick Works...

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I thought there were limits: An art show

by ERA Architects

...M. Barnicke Gallery.” Works in the show include subtle interventions into the wall, a photographic mural, proposals for strange architectural forms, a large fabric installation in tension, an audio recording, a painting of a toga, and temporary tattoos, among other things. I thought there were limits runs until May 18, 2013, 12 to 5pm M-F, and 1 to 5pm Saturday....

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Celebrating the Upcoming Heritage Toronto Awards

by ERA Architects

...Hall on October 13, 2015, please purchase tickets here, call (416) 408-0208, or visit the Royal Conservatory box office. To learn more about this year’s nominees, please read: “Nominees for Heritage Toronto Awards Architecture category released,” via Canadian Architect. “Heritage Toronto Architecture Award Nominees Announced,” via Urban Toronto. “Heritage Toronto to honour best conservation, craftsmanship efforts,” via Daily Commercial News....

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CAPHC Heritage Awards

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ERA was pleased to receive two Canadian Association of Professional Heritage Consultants Awards for Preservation of a heritage building for Ruthven Park National Historic Site and Craftsmanship in conjunction with John F. Wilcox, Vitreous Glassworks for work at The Royal Ontario Museum....

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Edwin recieves RAIC fellowship

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...Canada’s National Historic Sites. Educated abroad, he received a Bachelor of Architecture (Hons.) from the University of Edinburgh in 1974 and has worked in both Europe and Canada. In addition to his thorough understanding of building construction, Edwin has a unique and comprehensive expertise in the discipline of heritage conservation. His knowledge covers a broad range of historical building types,...

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National Urban Design Awards

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...Design Awards, presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Congratulations to the project team including ERA Architects Inc., the John H. Daniels faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, and the City of Toronto. For more information, visit: 2010 National Urban Design Awards...

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King Edward Hotel in the Globe & Mail

by ERA Architects

...murals, a men’s barber shop, the Palm Room, the Oak Room bar and, of course, the exquisite Rotunda. In 1921, the 18-storey “skyscraper” addition, designed by a Buffalo, N.Y. and a London, Ontario firm, was tacked onto the east side of the hotel; until being eclipsed by the Royal York in 1929, the King Eddy was the largest hotel in...

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ERA Architects is Thrilled to Welcome David Winterton Back to the Team as Our Newest Associate

by ERA Architects

...50 Connaught Road, an office building in Hong Kong; The Yards, a new mixed-use riverfront neighborhood on the former grounds of the Washington Navy Yard Annex in Washington, DC; Projet Viger, a mixed-use development in Montreal; and a private residence in New Jersey. Mr. Winterton was Project Manager for the Brompton, a 300,000-square-foot residential tower on New York City’s Upper...

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Awards

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

by Alessandro Tersigni

...in sustainability. This includes restoring the site to its original configuration of buildings by removing later additions and integrating new architecture that complements and re-emphasizes its historic setting. One of the award jurors described the project as “A convincing argument for why using buildings that have outlived their original roles is the value-case of our time, demonstrating why architecture matters.” Read...

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