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The Red Mason

by ERA Architects

Recently, as part of ERA’s ongoing interest in preserving and applying traditional building crafts, we were happy to be involved in heritage masonry workshops led by Dr. Gerard Lynch. Dr. Lynch is an internationally acclaimed historic brickwork consultant, master bricklayer, educator, and author. He is considered the world’s leading authority of gauged brickwork, and affectionately known by the historic term...

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

by ERA Architects

...of Park People, Jessica Myers of the Junction BIA, Jonathan Morrice of Toronto Police Service’s 55 Division, Mark van Elsberg, Public Realm Section, City of Toronto, and Monica Wickeler, a visual artist who works in street art and murals. The Laneway Project – a not-for-profit corporation – champions change, initiating action through a grassroots approach, specializing in ‘tweets to shovels’...

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Irving Grossman

by ERA Architects

...Village, the Somerset, Flemingdon Park, the Administration Building for Expo67, and many private houses and synagogues. Expo67 Administration Building, 1966. Photo from the Claude Latour collection. Betel Residence, 1953 Fogel Residence, 1959 (demolished). Photo from TOBuilt. Irving Grossman was awarded the Massey Medal and the Centennial Medal in 1967, and a 2009 landmark award for his contribution to the design...

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Celebrating Claude Cormier 

by Alessandro Tersigni, writer & researcher

...of our fully realized joint projects too—Evergreen Brick Works, the L Tower, and The Well being just a few examples. Claude’s contributions to the 21st-century urban Canadian experience can’t be understated. The places he designed, and the perspectives and impulses he imbued them with, will continue to electrify our sense of cities for centuries to come. A longtime friend and...

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Military infrastructure designation, UK

by ERA Architects

...in the early 1940s by Blohm and Voss of Hamburg, Germany, the firm that built the battleship Bismark, among others, for the HVSA, a highly significant Hamburg research establishment. No. 2 Cavitation Tunnel is one of only two such facilities in the UK. It was brought to England after the Second World War as part of the war reparations program....

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Fiction and Intervention

by ERA Architects

...wonderful flash animations in the Architecture at Harbourfront Gallery, as a part of the ongoing Neighbourhood Maverick show. The animations illustrate vacant sites on the verge of development, and play with memories of the site’s former uses. Neighbourhood Maverick runs until June 11, 2011. Have a look at the rest of Luke‘s portfolio for more beautifully haunting, architecturally themed works....

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ERA Steps Back in Time

by ERA Architects

..... and a really cool foot measuring tool. Scott Weir’s wooden boatbuilding tools, belonging to family member James Weir of Glasgow. A 17th- 18th century Norwegian mangle board used to flatten linen is a family heirloom of Victoria Angel. And the greatest of all, Edwin Rowse’s 95 year old toaster, equipped with a slice of fresh toast to prove it...

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Our Expanding Leadership Team

by ERA Architects

...of new and existing materials.   Jordan Molnar’s project experience is both broad and deep, including heritage conservation, adaptive-reuse, and renovations/additions. He compliments his architecture portfolio with interests in small community development through Culture of Outports and Small, participating in community feasibility studies, community workshops and design-build projects.   Samantha Irvine oversees projects that impact culturally significant buildings, neighbourhoods and...

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Tower Renewal Action Forum

by ERA Architects

...at home and abroad, focused on housing transformation, neighbourhood resilience, and the maintenance of affordability in our apartment tower neighbourhoods. The Tower Renewal Action Forum took place on Thursday, October 5th at the Evergreen Brick Works. For more information, including the event speakers and program, please visit: http://towerrenewal.com/initiatives/tower-renewal-action-forum-2017/ To learn more about the Tower Renewal Partnership, please visit: http://towerrenewal.com/about-us/  ...

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ERA is on the move.

ERA Has Moved to 625 Church Street

by ERA Architects

...of this place that’s grown along with us all these years. 10 St Mary Street, in all its modernist glory, 1957. (Archives of Ontario) The ground floor suite of 10 St. Mary Street, which faces both Yonge and St. Mary streets, was originally conceived as a retail space with a strong relationship to the public realm. Until recently, this suite...

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2006 CUI Brownie Awards

by admin

Congratulations to Evergreen at the Brick Works, this year’s recipient of the Heritage and Adaptive Re-use Brownie Award from the Canadian Urban Institute....

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Start Small: Placemaking & Cultural Economies

by ERA Architects

In collaboration with small, ERA is proud to present Start Small: Placemaking & Cultural Economies a talk with Halifax-area cultural economic drivers moderated by Philip Evans, Founder of small and Principal at ERA Architects. Join us for this free, public event taking place from 6-7pm, on May 24th at Arts Bar + Projects at 1873 Granville Street, Halifax. Across Canada,...

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