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Miles Glendinning Lecture, May 3rd, 2012

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ERA Architects and the Toronto Society of Architects present the 2012 Modern Heritage Visiting Lecture, Miles Glendinning: The Hundred Years War: A Century of Mass Housing ‘Campaigns’ Across the World. Join us May 3rd at the Art and Letters Club at 6:00pm for cocktails and lecture at 6:30. For more information and to RSVP, click here. Miles Glendinning is the...

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Visit the Markham House!

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...Pisarzowski’s photography exhibition, “Mirvish Village People,” revolving exhibitions by Spacing Magazine, Curbside Cycle, and the Charlotte Hale Gallery, and other exciting events for all ages. And remember: bike, don’t drive! CycleTO will be providing Bike Valet for those visiting the Markham House and exploring the Mirvish Village Sidewalk Street Sale.   For more information, please visit the Mirvish Village website....

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Charles Birnbaum visits landscapes of Toronto

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Charles Birnbaum (in distance) at Don River Park by MVVA In May, ERA, Janet Rosenberg, and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) was pleased to sponsor a number of events centered around our visiting friend Charles Birnbaum, founder of The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Lecture After a couple of days touring Toronto and studying its diverse designed landscapes, Charles...

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In-House Experts: Heritage Mortars 101 & Heritage Interiors

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Although there is obvious benefit to be drawn from the synergy created from ‘the whole’, we would be remiss if we did not recognize and highlight the individual expertise that makes up the sum of ERA’s parts. Staff have been treated to two presentations recently that featured their peers introducing topics for which they possess expertise through weekly ongoing information...

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More on Found Toronto exhibit

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...One one side of the gallery space are photos captured this winter (shown above) of buildings that existed in 1858 and are still standing today. All the photos show an address and accompanying a number of them is information on who owned and used the building in 1858. On the opposite side of the space is a detailed wall-to-wall map...

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CUG+R at Urban Design London

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...organization that connects design practitioners and provides up to date information about policy, research, and best practice. They will have an opportunity to present the vision of Tower Renewal across the Province of Ontario and learn about other approaches being taken in cities around the world. Discussions will include experts from multiple disciplines, and topics will range from estate regeneration...

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The Turn of the Screw

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DVxT Theatre Company presents a site-specific performance of Henry James’s hauntingly beautiful glimpse into the ultimate source of evil: the human mind. Performed throughout the Campbell House Museum – mixing candlelight, sound and video DVxT brings this ghostly gothic mystery to life. For more information please go to the following site: DVxT Theatre Company Richard Ouzounian’s preview article in The...

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The (Lane)way Forward: Exploring the Potential of Under-Served Public Space

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...enable restaurants to set up licenced patios in alleys, reinventing micro-retail environments, developing parking spot parklettes, retaining historic laneway networks, developing guidelines for housing, and supporting laneway innovations hosted by BIAs and communities as part of the public realm. The panel successfully fleshed out these opportunities; for Toronto, the conversation is just getting started. For more information please click here....

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Health and urban design: Two new reports released

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...policy frameworks to enable positive neigjhbourhood change moving forward. Toward Healthy Apartment Neighbourhoods, developed with Toronto Public Health, assesses Toronto’s apartment neighbourhoods in relation to eight key health themes, and develops a series of specific design strategies for more healthy, better served, and complete apartment communities across the city. For more information and to download the reports, please visit cugr.ca....

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TORONTO – NEW YORK: Design by Example

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...York on Toronto’s modern heritage and Tower Renewal. The panel discussion took place at the Centre for Architecture in as part of a series designed to share ideas and best practices between Toronto and New York. Also on the panel were Leo deSorcy (City of Toronto) and Derek Ballantyne. When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 Where:...

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ERA EXCITED ABOUT MONTRÉAL

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...for projects located in Quebec. Prior to joining the ERA team in 2006, Jan lived in Montreal where he worked in architectural and construction settings, so he’s excited to be back home and to reengage with the city. For more information, click here. In addition to this new venture, Jan continues to work with ERA on all his Ontario-based projects....

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The Life-Sized City focuses a lens on Toronto’s urban landscape, celebrating the heroes who are making the city more livable

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...what defines Toronto as a livable city, one whose population growth continues to outpace all others in North America. At the 28.20-minute mark ERA Principal Graeme Stewart introduces the Tower Renewal Project as an important endeavour to increase the viability of Toronto’s post war tower neighbourhoods. For more information on the Tower Renewal Partnership and its work, please visit: http://towerrenewal.com/...

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