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Heritage and Democracy Workshop: Registration Now Open!

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...the discourse + dialogue around tangible and intangible heritage assets and cultural landscapes; includes lunch and a stimulating workshop (register here) at Ryerson University, 105 Bond Street. Register for the workshop here. To see a full list of the Jane’s Walks click here and filter the walks using the theme “ICOMOS” For more information, please see the fliers below.  ...

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ULD London – Graeme Stewart Showcases Toronto at London institution’s 15th Anniversary event

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...moderated by Esther Kurland, UDL’s director. Speakers included: London: Patricia Brown, Director, Central Toronto: Graeme Stewart Principal, ERA Architects, Director, Centre for Urban Growth & Renewal Paris: Paul Lecroart Senior Urban Planner, Paris Regional Planning Agency Auckland: George Weeks Senior Urban Designer, Auckland Council New York: Sky Duncan, Global Designing Cities Director, NACTO For more information about Urban Design London,...

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Section 37 and the Public Realm: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar)

by ERA Architects

...increasing growth and reduced public spending in cities, how can we maximize the public realm as a shared interest? View a previous post with more information here. View our last short summary report ‘Section 37’ here. View the final report ‘Investing in the Public Realm: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons for Toronto,’ supported by MITACS and ERA Architects through the ‘MITACS...

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A Grand Entrance

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...scale – interesting to imagine how it would have changed both the historic development and the overall character of Toronto. For more information on John Lyle, Coach House Books has just published a new book on his work titled A Progressive Traditionalist. (top image from Architecture Hamilton, via myhamilton.ca, lower image altered from an original found at dreams of grandeur)...

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Fogel Residence

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Inspired by this photograph of Irving Grossman’s Fogel Residence on TOBuilt, we went to the library and dug up a bit more information about this now-demolished modernist gem. Built in North York, Ontario, and completed in 1959, the Fogel Residence was a finalist for the Massey Medals in Architecture in 1961. Scanned photocopies from the August 1960 issue of Canadian...

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Heritage Masonry with Gerard Lynch

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...Guilds of London Institute (LCG). He is a former Head lecturer of Trowel Trades at Bedford College, pioneering a revival of gauged brickwork, in which he is considered the world’s leading authority, and other almost forgotten traditional craft skills. He is affectionately known by the historic term, ‘The Red Mason’. For more information or to register, please see Willowbank’s website....

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Urban Form and Social Energy of the City- the University of Waterloo focuses on isolation in Toronto’s mature suburbs

by ERA Architects

...housing and transforming tower neighbourhoods throughout the Toronto Region. Alongside Ya’el were Martine August from the University of Waterloo Planning and George Baird from the University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design with Adrian Blackwell as Moderator. For more information, visit the University’s event page here. Header image courtesy of the University of Waterloo Architecture’s Instagram account....

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A new look for ERAarch.ca

by ERA Architects

...reorganize the content. You’ll find it easier to navigate and quickly land on the projects and information you (and our admirers) are looking for. And we’ve built it to respond to whichever type of device you’re using. We’ll soon be adding a French-language version of the website to support of our clients and offices in Québec and Ottawa, vous le...

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Maple Leaf Gardens – A National Historic Site

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...Gardens as a National Historic Site. In June of 2006 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada met to consider the building’s national significance and recommended its designation. This June we are happy to announce that the Minister of the Environment recently designated Maple Leaf Gardens a National Historic Site. Stay tuned for information on the plaque unveiling ceremony....

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United Way AGM: Graeme Stewart’s Keynote Address

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...block communities through research, policy change, and real action. The kickstart this strategy, the Untied Way Toronto has announced $800,000 in community investment in Tower Neighbourhood Renewal to be rolled out of the next two years. For more information on this exciting funding announcement and Tower Renewal, see the following articles in the Toronto Star, and Globe and Mail.  ...

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Rapid Response at Harbourfront Centre

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...below: “The installation brings you inside the operations centre of an ecological monitoring network for oil sands development along the Athabasca River. The centre acts as the central nervous system: gathering, coordinating, and disseminating the information required to have informed regional, national, and global discussions about the implications of this extreme resource development project.” For more on this and other...

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Accessibility & Heritage Conservation

by ERA Architects

...a small sliver of the stairs remains, which creates an ongoing dialogue on improving accessibility. After reviewing these ERA projects, the students got the chance to apply their knowledge. They conducted their own accessibility audits and conservation assessments on the two historic sites and will use this information to produce a feasibility report as their final project. This hands-on learning...

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