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Casey House

...Ontario Heritage Act as well as being protected by a heritage easement agreement (HEA). The interior is characterized by striking historic details, including original fireplaces, elaborate ceiling plasterwork, leaded glass windows, and encaustic tile floors. The property was redeveloped by Casey House in 2015 into an award winning, state-of-the-art AIDS/HIV healthcare facility that integrates the original building with a new...

The Selby front facade The Selby

...the likes of Ernest Hemingway, who called the Hotel home during his brief career at the Toronto Star in the 1920s. Nathan Cyprys Designed by famed architect David Roberts Jr., also credited with Toronto’s iconic Flatiron Building, the Mansion is particularly noteworthy for its application of decorative brick, stone and woodwork, and surviving original interior features, making it an excellent...

a symmetrical photo of a fireplace with wooden paneling above and floor to ceiling windows on either side Rosedale Ravine House

Built in 1912, this Arts & Crafts Eden Smith-designed home had seen a number of renovations and alterations over the course of a century. The owners acquired the residence and proposed extensive improvements to the interior. Their goal was to enjoy the benefits of a historical home updated for contemporary living, completely redesigning the full interior and the majority of...

Gorsline House

This historic Prince Edward County house was stripped of its original interior details. Luckily, significant elements were salvaged and made available to the new owners. In close collaboration with the client, ERA restored the residence’s formal layout and re-incorporated the salvaged woodwork back to its historic locations while the newly-designed staircase incorporated the original newel and spindles. The kitchen and...

Art Gallery of Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is an important cultural institution both locally for the City of Toronto and internationally as one of Canada’s most important cultural showplaces. The AGO is one of Toronto’s foremost institutions and has a rich historical and architectural background. Since its inception nearly 100 years ago, the Gallery has undergone many significant and distinct additions...

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

...fail. The Greenhouse Conservation project was the final phase in a long-term study of the greenhouse complex that informed the conservation strategy. This included the preservation and selective reintroduction in kind of original building fabric and the restoration of the original glass cladding and curved eave design. ERA and Heritage Restoration Inc. worked closely together to document and review the...

Windsor Bus Depot

...original finishes were covered over in stucco and metal cladding. ERA worked to reveal the original limestone and granite masonry, and to reinstitute missing components of the original windows of the streamlined design. Following conservation work, an adaptive reuse project with CS&P Architects is set to rejuvenate the building for use as the new home for the University’s Film Department....

Barronsbrae visible atop the rocky crag and nestled among pines. Barronsbrae Cottage

Barronsbrae is a fine example of the rustic early 20th century cottage type found in Pointe au Baril on Georgian Bay. Purchased by its current owners in 2020 from a descendant of the original owner’s family, the cottage was in an advanced state of disrepair. ERA worked with the new owners to preserve its historic character, including original windows and...

Alma College Square

...a landscaped, campus-like setting. The original entry gates and their fine metalwork and lanterns will be restored with the original axial entry garden. The amphitheatre will be restored for use by the new residential community. To anchor the entire ensemble a sculptural interpretation of the original central spire of the College building will be placed in the spire’s original location,...

Allstream Centre / Automotive Building

...convention centre, including a 45,000 square feet ballroom, 20 multipurpose conference rooms as well as associated pre-function and support spaces. The interior work proposed a ground floor layout that was similar to its original configuration, though with new functional spaces. The design focused on restoring the qualities and features of the original Art Deco building in the service of the...

Grosse Pointe Estate

...corridors into six comfortable suites. The owner now enjoys a large and comfortable primary bedroom which provides an inviting retreat within the grand house. ERA also advised on repairs to the graduated slate roof, ornamental original copperwork, and the carved stone and stucco exterior. ERA consulted on the refurbishment of original steel casement windows, and the restoration and replication of...

night photo of hotel in 2016 King Edward Hotel

Toronto’s King Edward Hotel (“The King Eddy”) opened in May 1903 as the city’s first “palace hotel” to rival hotels in New York and London and boasted “absolutely fireproof” construction. Two notable architects, American Henry Ives Cobb and Toronto’s E.J. Lennox, were responsible for the design of the original 8-storey hotel building, which features a bold, Beaux Arts design in...