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Culture hums under the hood

by ERA Architects

Scott recently visited his native Detroit, and wrote an article showcasing a number of Motor City’s emerging cultural assets. The article; “Detroit: Culture hums under the hood“, is featured in today’s Globe and Mail Travel section. Congratulations Scott – great work!...

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Fairfield and DuBois

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...Robert Fairfield and Macy DuBois, both in partnership and alone, were responsible for a number of significant projects in Toronto and southern Ontario, including New College at the University of Toronto and the Massey Medal finalist Central Technical School Art Centre. New College at the University of Toronto, 1969 Robert Fairfield won awards of excellence from the Ontario Association of...

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Prince Edward County

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...in all stages of building analysis, planning, design, contract documentation, field review and project administration for renovation projects and new buildings. He has worked on projects in both the private and public sectors, often working to marry historic buildings with new construction. Currently the PEC office are researching the restoration of a number of local historic trains, including the H.C.W....

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Ontario Place in docomomoUS

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...intricate weaving of landforms with canals and lagoons. Over the years, the site was altered a number of times, which obscured the clarity of the original design. In 2012 the Province of Ontario partially closed the site and announced a major redevelopment project to be completed by 2017. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport has since conducted a heritage...

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Preparing for Toronto the Good party

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...phone number and have that text projected onto the wall within a few seconds (see photo below). The messages can be provocative, poetic, and, um, immature. Of course, things get a little silly the later the night goes, thanks to the wine and the folks from Mill Street Brewery. We are now preparing for the 2009 edition of Toronto The...

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The Final Ridgeway Community Courts Workshop

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...will feature a community board to advertise events, games, and other fun activities for the neighbourhood. It will also have bike racks, a shed for supplies, and two beautiful youth designed murals that will showcase the community’s unique identity, and create a gateway into the park. Management of the court will be community-led. A number of youth jobs will be...

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Jack Klein and Henry Sears

by ERA Architects

...which they were awarded the OAA award for Excellence in Residential Design. Sears and Klein were awarded a Massey Medal for the Don Valley Woods project, and completed a number of notable private residences at 54 Blue Forest Drive, 16 and 18 Bitteroot Drive, and 17 Beaver Valley Road. Henry Sears was inducted into the RAIC College of Fellows in...

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ACO NextGen tours Maple Leaf Gardens

by ERA Architects

...is now home to new facilities for Loblaw’s and Ryerson University. Scott’s tour led participants through a number of exterior and interior points of interest, discussing the conservation work ERA performed as heritage consultant, which included an extensive “interpretation” program that tells stories of the Gardens through text and images, woven throughout the site. ERA’s work at the Gardens was...

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Admit One

by ERA Architects

A handful of ERAers paid their dues this year (both literally and metaphorically), and attended the OAA admissions course. The OBC, the Construction Lien Act, and a number of other essential components of professional practice were presented and absorbed in short order. A necessary marathon, which brings us all one step closer to accreditation. Get it done, team....

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Micallef: Canada’s identity, modernist architecture

by ERA Architects

...our residences, universities, schools, malls, factories, and corporate headquarters, Canada is a nation stitched together with modernist fabric. Every urban area, it seems, has its share of brutalist concrete slab towers, curtain-glass minimalist icons, geodesic domes, and long elegant bungalows with exaggerated eaves. Though we might call out a small number of masterpieces as worthy of our attention, Canada in...

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