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plazaPOPS

...through a collaborative design process to support and celebrate the community connections and vital small businesses that exist in these areas. By demonstrating the social, economic, and environmental benefits of trading parking spaces for people places, plazaPOPS aims to inform and inspire the long-term evolution of car-centred urban districts to include more active social space. The organization also advocates for...

Windsor Armouries

...that would have been previously segregated by discipline now share a multidisciplinary and multipurpose open space. The project serves as an excellent example of adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of existing heritage buildings, connecting the city to its cultural past while instigating urban renewal. This repurposed building now serves an active student community and as a dynamic space for creative arts....

The Roxy Theatre

...and the active pedestrian foot traffic along Danforth. The conservation work was challenging as the theatre was built quickly during the early 1930’s, as well the building was unoccupied for several years. As a result the conservation scope included significant masonry restoration of the façade, structural reinforcement and repair of the marquee’s structure, restoration of the vitrolite glass at the...

Market Square Heritage Conservation District Plan Update

...heritage character of this active public space and cultural tourism destination. ERA was retained by the City of Kingston to review and update the existing Market Square Heritage Conservation District Plan to align with current heritage and planning policy and allow for the ongoing preservation of this unique place. The District Plan Update included a Statement of Cultural Heritage Value...

Bridgepoint Health: The Old Don Jail

...architecture. The heavily rusticated stone and imposing masonry structure—symbolically appropriate for its purpose—remained in excellent condition right up to its closure as a functioning jail in 1977. In 2013, a conservation and adaptive reuse project was completed to preserve the site’s heritage while providing new administrative offices for Bridgepoint Active Healthcare. ERA advised Bridgepoint prior to the purchase of the...

The Crosstown: EGLINTONconnects

...Facilitation and Decision Making, Public Workshop, N. Barry Lyons Consultants. View the project summary here. For more information on the Canadian Institute of Planners Award, visit here. For more information on the Toronto Urban Design Awards, visit here. Awards publicity: “Winners of the 2015 Toronto Urban Design Awards announced,” via News Wire. “2015 Toronto Urban Design Awards,” via IIDEX Canada....

Soldiers’ Tower

...Of particular interest to ERA in this project was the process of documenting hundreds of lines of fine stone engraving on several faces on and adjacent to the Tower. To read about this process, please see our blog post on documenting the engravings, or, for information on remembrance services held onsite, please see information provided by the University of Toronto....

Sheguiandah First Nation Community Court

...brings together basketball play, new skateboarding ramps, landscape-integrated seating, a fire pit zone, lighting and native plantings. Led by ERA Architects as the Landscape Architect, this dynamic project organized play for all ages and abilities in an integrated landscape right at the centre of the community’s residential zone. The project was in partnership with the Sheguiandah First Nation, MLSE Foundation,...

Art Gallery of Ontario

...West, a composed collage of architectural styles and talent representative of Toronto’s growth and evolution since 1818. It is a part of a cultural community that includes Grange Park, the Ontario College of Art (OCAD) and many local art galleries. ERA worked with Frank Gehry Architects as the Heritage Consultant for the 2002-2009 renovations and expansion of the gallery. http://www.ago.net/...

Halton Hills Cultural Heritage Strategy

...into the management of a range of municipal portfolios, from planning to economic development to climate change resiliency. The Strategy was developed over two phases: an information-gathering phase resulting in an Existing Conditions Report (December 2021), and a Strategy development phase resulting in the final Halton Hills Cultural Heritage Strategy. Both phases involved substantial engagement with local stakeholders, including a...

Exploratory typo-morphological study of Île-d’Orléans

...the information gathering and analysis methods, and identified missing data and complementary studies required to meet the by-law’s objectives. Finally, in parallel to the completion of the synthesis analysis sheets, the team conducted an analysis of the spatial organization of the plots and the built environment, for 5 representative sectors, using an isometric representation of recurring “typologies”. This analysis offers...

Our Yukon Heritage Reserves: Management Priorities Report

...Rush industrial sites, and World War Two-era infrastructure projects. Over time, the Heritage Reserves have received varying levels of investment and management. In 2022, the Government of Yukon engaged ERA to study 16 Heritage Reserve sites, and develop a prioritization framework for their management moving forward. The project was delivered in three phases. The first phase consisted of information gathering,...