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Yonge St.: development, heritage, and change

by ERA Architects

...projects. So much so, in a number of cases, that the new design can end up playing “second fiddle” to the heritage fabric. This type of development will be seen more and more along the city’s historic Yonge St., which will see big changes over the next several years. To read Dave’s article, please visit the Globe & Mail online....

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Irwin House: Floating in mid-air

by ERA Architects

...of the development, the heritage exterior will be restored while the interior will be refurbished and adapted to commercial use. The suspension of the house on its “floating raft” allows crews to excavate below while the house remains in use as the site office. This unusual feat is the result of a rare collaboration between heritage architects (us), structural engineers...

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2021: Honours & Awards at ERA

by ERA Architects

...housing supply to secure a healthy, resilient future for millions of Canadians. Gordonridge Community Multi-Sport Court CSLA Awards of Excellence Residential Landscapes The Gordonridge Community Multi-Sport Court is a landmark community-led project located at the heart of a Toronto Community Housing campus. Led by ERA Architects as Landscape Architect, this dynamic project organizes play for all ages and abilities in...

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Arrival City: Bookclub and Webinar, Mar 13

by ERA Architects

...the world. Graeme Stewart will participate in a Tower Renewal themed program, which looks at how Toronto’s high-density, apartment tower neighbourhoods perform the role of are ‘arrival cities’ to many thousands of urban immigrants. They are home to some of the most vibrant, ambitious, and often most vulnerable and low-income communities. Despite their vibrancy, these communities face challenges accessing amenities,...

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EU Research for Tower Renewal

by ERA Architects

...key to formulating the local opportunities for Tower Renewal. Select findings from previous trips include: The National Film Board‘s HIGHRISE produced Living Proof, an online documentary which can be found below. A brief report on EU Tower precedents produced for the Province Ontario can be found here. The EU Precedent Chapter from the Tower Renewal Opportunities Book can be found...

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Toronto / Sweden: Resilient Urbanism

by ERA Architects

...achieving sustainable and resilient urbanism in northern locales. Some key lessons we’ve learned from Sweden include: look at waste as a resource (in Sweden, solid waste is used to heat and power communities); create carbon neutral neighbourhoods (Sockholm’s Hammarby Sjöstad and Malmo’s Western Harbour are built examples toward this goal as part of Sweden’s Symbio-City Initative); and design affordable housing...

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Charity Hicks’ passing

by ERA Architects

...Hicks at the Detroit-Toronto Symposium in 2013, where Ms. Hicks spoke passionately and inspiringly on social, economic, and cultural change in Detroit. A fundraising campaign is currently underway to bring Ms. Hicks back to Detroit for burial and to support her family during the immediate period of trauma. If you would like to consider contributing, donations can be made online....

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Toronto’s City Hall: An evolving icon

by ERA Architects

...building began, and how it has evolved as a central moment in the urban and civic experience of Toronto. If you are curious to learn more about City Hall and hundreds of other pieces of important modernist design in Toronto, you may enjoy ERA’s book Concrete Toronto (Coach House Books, 2007). To see the full video, please visit Monocle online....

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University Ave.: A heritage landscape of value?

by ERA Architects

...coupled with new tree plantings and integrated pavements on the outer boulevards be considered? Could the islands be linked to each other by pedestrian crossings to restore the opportunity to promenade? Further examination and discussion of this important project is warranted. We welcome feedback and ideas! To read the full article, please visit Ground Online (see page 30 of pdf)....

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Celebrating ERA’s 30th anniversary

by ERA Architects

...in collaboration with our teams to better understand the challenges and needs of our projects in order to reach our full potential. LGA-AP Resiliency in the 21st century Building more resilient communities requires a collaborative effort, from low energy retrofit of existing buildings, to off-the-grid new homes. Evergreen Brick Works in the heart of the Don Valley floodplain is a...

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Oleleshwa Primary School construction update

by ERA Architects

Alec has arrived in Kenya, where he is taking a few weeks away from ERA in order to oversee the construction of his design for the Oleleshua Primary School in Ewaso Ngiro. It looks as though work is sprinting ahead, with the entire community pitching in. For more updates, be sure and visit the project blog at Harambee for Humanity....

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Found Toronto Installation in the News

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...city, on a massive scale, letting the public see the Victorian city that was in order to see how the old Toronto connects to contemporary Toronto. Other contributors include Goldsmith Borgal & Company Architects and Taylor Hazell Architects. And if photography excites you, documentary shooter Peter Sibbald’s photo series and essay, Elegy for a Stolen Land, is a real treat....

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