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Mirvish and Gehry on King St. West

...artworks, which includes influential painters and sculptors such as Anthony Caro, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Lewis, Frank Stella, and renowned Canadian, Jack Bush, among many others. As heritage consultant, ERA is assessing the project’s interaction with local heritage and cultural resources, including a conservation strategy for the Royal Alex Theatre. We performed a similar role during Frank Gehry’s renovations for the...

Fashion House Condos

...development. The Silver Plate Building was completed in 1875. The ground floor contained an office, a showroom, packing facilities, and a shop for the stamping of designs on to the silver objects that were manufactured on site such as flatware, cutlery and hollow ware (vases and bowls). The second floor housed facilities for burnishing and buffing the silver, and the...

St. Lawrence Hall

St. Lawrence Hall was completed in 1850. Designed by William Thomas, it was established to provide a venue for social gatherings in the city. The property is designated by the City of Toronto under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. In 1967 the building was extensively restored and renovated to commemorate the Canadian Centennial. The 1967 restoration replaced most...

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...

Greenhouse at the Parkwood Estate National Historic Site. Parkwood Estate National Historic Site: Greenhouse Conservation

...existing conditions in previously inaccessible areas prior to dismantling and salvage work. Due to the condition of the greenhouses, it was determined that the best strategy was to dismantle, repair, and reconstruct them. This allowed for the repair of obscured and inaccessible elements and the provision of protective coatings on the metal components. A variety of custom wood, glass, and...

City of Cambridge Heritage Master Plan

The City of Cambridge boasts a history of high quality farmland and industrial activity along its main rivers. The potential that heritage conservation offers for community revitalization and economic development is central to ERA’s work. In collaboration with BRAY Heritage, Archaeological Services Inc., Maltby & Associates Inc. and the Tourism Company, ERA devised a Heritage Master Plan that helps to...

Silver Birches

...support from a local firm. ERA developed plans, details and selected sympathetic material finishes for the buildings. ERA coordinated consultants, met regularly with the owner and the project team, and reviewed construction progress to ensure the design intent was followed precisely. All work was in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.  ...

Market Square Heritage Conservation District Plan Update

...and attributes of each building in the District. New design guidelines were developed that built upon the Lily Inglis and Harold Kalman Study, and also addressed current issues in the District. The updated by-law for this District was passed by Council and has passed its appeal date. To view the document, please see the pdf online at City of Kingston....

A view at night under the Macdonald Block buildings at 900 Bay St. Macdonald Block

Macdonald Block is a modernist government complex consisting of four office tower buildings connected by a two-storey podium that houses eleven ministries of the provincial government. These buildings are connected by an outdoor courtyard, designed in the 1960s by Sasaki, Strong and Associates, which is recognized as a significant cultural heritage landscape. The buildings dating back to 1965 to 1971...

Bridgepoint Health: The Old Don Jail

...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 jail and throughout development of its initial concepts, project masterplan, heritage conservation strategy, heritage compliance review, and project completion....

Centretown Heritage Inventory

...and urban planning policies aligned with community heritage values and objectives. ERA employed a streamlined framework that aligns with the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act and recent best practices, to evaluate and classify each property in Centertown. The evaluation considered design, historical, and contextual value, while emphasizing community engagement and area-shaping themes. Based on Inventory’s findings, ERA provided key...

Senate of Canada Building

...meeting the project’s functional and technical requirements. Interior elements, such as imitation travertine and marble and woodwork, were repaired and refinished. In addition, previous insertions in the significant interior spaces, such as the General Waiting Room and Concourse spaces were removed. Given the building’s rich character, it is well suited to accommodate the Senate programme and support its ceremonial traditions....