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New opportunities through zoning reform: Your feedback needed

by ERA Architects

...Community Hub, 1541 Jane Street South: Wednesday, April 16, 6 – 9 p.m. (presentation at 7 p.m.) Bethany Baptist Church, 1041 Pape Avenue ERA has been working with the City and other stakeholders on Tower Renewal for several years. To learn more about these efforts, please see www.towerrenewal.com, or see numerous reports and studies we’ve worked on in the past:...

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WexPOPS: Pop-up Plaza

by ERA Architects

...Kickstarter Fund, the big idea of the project is to test the viability of exchanging parking spots for community gathering space, all on private commercial property. It’s a new take on POPS — privately owned public space — experimenting with the city building potential that commercial business owners can exercise by enhancing community life in the neighbourhoods they serve, while...

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Growing Pains: An Evergreen Cityworks and The Globe and Mail Documentary on Urban Growth

by ERA Architects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-VWGaakiHg ‘As our population continues to grow, how will the region accommodate both present and future needs?’ This is the question that Growing Pains asks after summarizing how urban growth in the greater horseshoe evolved over the past half century and in light of the prospect of another two million residents arriving in the region over the next 20 years....

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Wallpaper Review

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The Concrete Toronto Book has made it to the Wallpaper website. Please see below for the link to the full http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/book-concrete-toronto/2118...

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Ballenford

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“Book store facing final chapter” Article by Christopher Hume The Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/article/408973...

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A Bookstore Closes…

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“A Bookstore closes and Toronto loses so much more” Article featured in The Toronto Star Written by Shawn Micallef http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/429047...

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Green Building

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Edwin Rowse and Lindsay Reid were quoted in the following Daily Commercial News article. Restoration requires attention to detail Green building needs to focus on the industry Written by Don Procter Please follow the link for the full article on page 5 http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/images/features/green.pdf...

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Apartment Buildings to Recieve Energy Retrofit

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June 12, 2008 – http://www.thestar.com/article/441778...

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ERA in Montreal

by Shelley Ludman

...from the nearby Jean-Talon Market. The neighbourhood is a perfect example of the Montreal typology of walk-up row houses, spiral staircases and lush vegetation lining the streets. For majority of the weekend, the group was left to their own devices, allowing ERA Toronto to discover, and fall in love, with the beauty of Montreal. Check out the slide show: http://www.flickr.com//photos/erablog/sets/72157636126438825/show/...

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On Yonge St., preservation by neglect.

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The surprising world above street level on the stretch of Yonge that time forgot. Written by Kenneth Kidd Please follow the link below to read the article featured in the Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/article/459285...

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One Spadina Crescent: When All is Finally Revealed…….

by ERA Architects

...Presbyterian Church bought the land and commissioned architects James Smith & John Gemmell to build Knox College. Having been adapted over the years to a number of different uses, the structure survives today as a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture, with a heritage designation (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act on March 17, 1976). Beginning in...

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Passive House: A new way of working with existing buildings

by ERA Architects

...construction industry today.” Passive House focuses on limiting the energy needed to heat or cool buildings through high levels of insulation around the building envelope, overall airtightness and whole-house mechanical ventilation. A Passive House’s energy use is significantly lower than its conventional counterpart.  ERA aims to improve the quality and comfort for residents of GTHA’s postwar towers by transforming the...

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