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The Suburbs
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...as influences of international modernists. The clean and minimal lines of the few surviving houses contrast with their ever larger, contemporary neighbours. Above: 21 Parklane Circle by James A. Murray, 1960s Above: 78 The Bridle Path by Brook and Banz, 1961 Above: 77 The Bridle Path by Seligman & Dick, 1961 Above: W. Posluns Residence, 63 The Bridle Path by...
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Ontario Place and the value of cultural heritage sites
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...significance. “The site in its entirety — integrating innovative approaches to planning, landscape, architecture, engineering and educational programming — represents a bold visionary statement of its time realized at a scale and quality that earned international recognition and admiration,” reads part of the statement. “As an entertainment, educational and recreational centre serving the entire province, Ontario Place has attracted millions...
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An Award-Winning Heritage Week
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...Gothic revival building and contemporary addition – home to the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design – is a showcase for the city and an international focal point for education and research on architecture, art and the future of cities. The rehabilitation and new addition at One Spadina Crescent provides a significant expansion to the heritage building...
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The city as garden
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Recently ERA’s Brendan Stewart gave a talk at Toronto’s Metro Hall, sponsored by LEAF and Park People, on the design potential of trees in cities. After setting the context of modern landscape design, beginning with André Le Nôtre’s French tradition and William Kent’s English tradition, the talk moved on to survey several interesting historical and international projects, including… from Landscape...
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Our Expanding Leadership Team
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...of conservation and planning projects. He is driven to make a meaningful contribution to the quality of urban development and heritage resource management. Janice Quieta has studied and worked in Toronto, Halifax, Dusseldorf, and Koln and participated in a number of national and international design competitions in Canada and Germany. She is interested in sustainable technology at the intersection...
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Tower Renewal Action Forum
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Canada faces a growing housing affordability crisis. Now is the time for coordinated action to build a future around more complete, resilient, and affordable cities – and Tower Renewal is a strategy for realizing this change. Postwar apartment towers are the backbone of Canada’s purpose-built rental stock, and provide affordable housing to millions of Canadians. On October 5th, 2017, international...
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Revitalizing waterfront sites: Exploring the potential of Ontario Place
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...to Docomomo’s International Register. Ontario Place faced countless pressures and changes in its history, from the closure of the beloved forum for what would become the Budweiser Stage, to its eventual closure in 2012. Now, close to ten years later, Ontario Place is at yet another crossroads. In 2019, the World Monuments Fund named Ontario Place on its World Monuments...
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We’re celebrating: June 7th at Fort York
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...Norris’s master’s thesis, “Tar Creek Supergrid” has attracted attention from the OAA awards, the International Architectural Biennale of Rotterdam, ARUP’s Phase 2 gallery in London, and both Volume and Bracket magazines. In Tower Renewal project news, ERA is collaborating with planningAlliance, the United Way, and the City of Toronto to explore possible zoning amendments to Toronto’s “apartment neighbourhoods.” These amendments...
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Alexis Cohen presents at the College Art Association (CAA)
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1953 aerial photograph from the City of Toronto Archives, annotated by ERA. Alexis Cohen presented at CAA’s 108th Annual Conference, held in Chicago February 12-15, 2020 as part of a panel exploring zoning in the histories of modern art and architecture. The panel was hosted by Christopher M. Ketcham and Deepa Ramaswamy. The CAA is the preeminent international leadership organization...
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Letters to the Mayor: An outlet for expressions on city-building set amidst a developmental blank canvas
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...‘East Harbour’ in the coming years, branded as Toronto’s newest commercial and cultural district. The ‘Letters to the Mayor’ exhibit is presented as an international letter-writing campaign from architects to their local public officials and/or developers, installed and presented for public consideration of architects as inspired city-builders. It presents a range of communications, from formal written statements to graphic representations...
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New Approaches to Old Housing
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...to Old Housing. The issue showcases international leaders who are pushing the boundaries of traditional architectural practice in rethinking housing and shares the experiences of architects who have been expanding their practices to provide innovative housing solutions by revitalizing old buildings—instead of the typical process of demolition and building anew. “Can architects be more than passive participants in a broken [housing] system?”...
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Capitalizing on Heritage / Awarding Conservation: Materials, Craftsmanship and Construction
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Ottawa played host to a fulsome heritage conference last week, from Tuesday, October 10th to Saturday, October 14th. The annual event was presented by The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), National Trust for Canada and Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP). The conference was an opportunity for the partners to showcase their content in an historic capital city during...
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