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Albert Jackson’s Story: local students document a history of social injustice spurring a network of community partnerships

by ERA Architects

...institutions generously offered information, photographs, and other support for the book. A Different Publisher and ERA would like to thank the Jackson Family, the Ontario Black History Society, Karolyn Smardz Frost, Patrick Crean, Janet Walters at Toronto’s First Post Office Museum, Chris Bateman at Heritage Toronto, Sandra Foster, Ron Fainfair, and LaShawn Murray. The Story of Albert Jackson was recently...

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ERA at the Drake

by ERA Architects

Toronto Life magazine this month features a little teaser article about the forthcoming expansion to the Drake Hotel, led by ERA. The project has just been officially announced, though we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes for a good long while. Watch this space for more information soon…...

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People

Illustration as a tool of clarity: Q&A with Daniel RotsztainΒ 

by Alessandro Tersigni, writer & researcher

...a big communicative impact. That has to do with its reduction of complexity. Every map has an argument embedded in it because it’s necessarily a simplification of reality that directs the viewer’s focus to a particular set of phenomena, which is an approach I’ve tried to transfer to illustration and cultivate for many years. We’re so inundated with information and...

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125th Anniversary of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at U of T

by ERA Architects

...until mid-September. May 30, 11:00am – 5:00pm – Dialogues with a panel discussion including ERA’s Michael McClelland and moderator Graeme Stewart. Location: Architecture Building, 230 College St. May 30, 6:30pm – 9:00pm – Alumni Reception. Location: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. *Note: RSVP via eventbrite is required. Click here to view more information. Below is a video featuring Dialogues....

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Heroic Has Arrived

by ERA Architects

...demolition. In the face of architecture’s changing attitudes towards concrete buildings, the authors of Heroic have put forth The Heroic Project. The project is described as “a book and an advocacy web archive that examine the impact of Boston’s concrete modernism form the 1960s and 1970s.” Visiting the website will allow you to gather information about their campaign, read their...

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Trees in Public Space: ERA’s Brendan Stewart Speaks

by admin

...trees can enhance our experience of place. Brendan also inquired into the relevance of these traditions today and how they might shape our ideas about green space here in Toronto. In a preview to the talk, Brendan recently made an appearance on Global’s Morning Show. To register and for more information, please see LEAF’s event page. *Note: This event qualifies...

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Publications & Exhibits

Announcing the Frank Darling Book Project

by David Winterton, senior associate

...to the Seventies, Tower Renewal, and The Ward Uncovered: the Archaeology of Everyday Life. To add to the growing list, ERA Architects has committed to consolidating this research into the Frank Darling Book Project (FDBP) with the goal of publishing a long-overdue monograph on Frank Darling. Sean Blank has joined the ERA team to gather and corroborate archival information, organize it, and write...

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Tower Renewal

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On September 2nd the Executive Committee at the City of Toronto unanimously passed the Mayor’s Report on Tower Renewal as well as the Opportunities Book, prepared for the City of Toronto by ERA Architects and the City of Toronto. For more information, visit Toronto Tower Renewal...

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Culture of Outports to Botwood, NL

by ERA Architects

...roughly 3000, making it the largest community we have worked with to date. Over the next three months, we will be collecting data, combing archives, studying maps and development patterns, and examining Botwood’s cultural, military, and industrial histories in hopes of finding inspiration for the build. Please visit CultureOfOutports.com for more information on this initiative; stay tuned for more updates....

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ERA Excited to be in Montreal!

by admin

...Architectes. 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 reengage with the city. For more information on our office in Quebec, click here. In addition to this new venture, Jan continues to work with ERA on all his Ontario-based projects....

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Community project in Brigus, Newfoundland

by ERA Architects

...Ryerson students to study the interaction of culture, place, history, and landscape. This project was part of an ongoing initiative by ERA and Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal (CUG+R) called Culture of Outports, which investigates how architectural thinking can help re-imagine changing economies and cultures. For more information and detailed documentation of the Brigus project, please see CUG+R’s website....

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Missed Connections

by ERA Architects

Inspired by our friends at Coach House, we put out a discrete little Missed Connections box near the entry of the Toronto the Good party this year. If you met or saw someone interesting, but couldn’t quite muster up the nerve to exchange information, maybe the magic of Missed Connections could help. Below are a small, curated handful of the...

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