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Heritage Toronto 2017 Award Nominations and Great Architectural Heritage Bus Tour

by ERA Architects

...5:30pm onwards. Tickets are currently on sale here. As an additional point of interest, Heritage Toronto has invited ERA‘s Andrew Pruss to assist them in delivering an exciting day of heritage building exploration through their Great Architectural Bus Tour, set to take place on September 9th from 10:00am – 3:00pm. The tour begins at 10-12 Market Street and will feature...

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Gemini House exceeds expectations

by ERA Architects

...that heritage architecture and sustainable design do not mix. Looking from dining to living room, periphery to core. Note restored plasterwork and exterior-grade doors between interior spaces. In the Gemini NTED Model, energy savings are achieved via two simple concepts: minimizing the amount of space heated on a daily basis, and re-capturing heat that would otherwise be lost to the...

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Casey House is Awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation

by ERA Architects

...the facility first arose. At its heart, the redevelopment of Casey House was a community-inspired and driven initiative, with stakeholders recognizing the importance of their generous contributions. Congratulations to ERA’s project team: Michael McClelland, Edwin Rowse, Scott Weir, Jessie Grebenc, Joey Giaimo, Luke Denison, and Mikael Sydor. Related links: https://www.eraarch.ca/project/239/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/a-hospital-with-heart-that-embraces-its-patients-celebrates-its-grand-reopening/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/capitalizing-on-heritage-awarding-conservation-materials-craftsmanship-and-construction/ http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/index.php/media-releases/lieutenant-governors-ontario-heritage-awards-presentation ​Project photos are courtesy of Vik Pahwa....

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News & Events

The Signs That Define Toronto: A new book from ERA and Spacing 

by Kurt Kraler

...outrage and questions about how quickly the city was changing before our very eyes. It started in 2008, with the removal of the infamous neon rotating vinyl discs that had marked the entrance to the flagship Sam the Record Man store on Yonge Street for almost 40 years. Then again, in 2017, the glittering and ginormous Honest Ed’s marquee was...

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Ideas & Issues

Storefronts and urban evolution: Q&A with Shannon Clayton 

by Alessandro Tersigni

...pressure. The aesthetics of a storefront have more to do with its construction date than the size of a municipality.  AT: Take me through the evolution of storefronts as we think of them today. What did that architecture look like, say, 1000 years ago?   SC: In the ancient world, there was no barrier between exterior and shop. Commerce happened in...

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62 – 64 Charles Street: The Lost Craft of Tuck-pointing Returns

by ERA Architects

...honoured last fall with a 2017 CAHP Award of Excellence —Materials, Craftsmanship and Construction. ERA is continuing to feature this technique prominently through work on the Selby Hotel at 592 Sherbourne, which is set to be completed in the summer. For more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxPc6_2R-Hc Article by Dave LeBlanc in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/the-lost-art-of-tuckpointing-reborn-intoronto/article37802073/ Related content: https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/capitalizing-on-heritage-awarding-conservation-materials-craftsmanship-and-construction/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/era-learns-the-fine-art-of-tuckpointing-from-a-melbourne-based-master/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2012/tuckpointing-a-note-on-detail/  ...

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Passive House: A new way of working with existing buildings

by ERA Architects

...in daily use (kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom), and is therefore heated on a daily basis in cooler months. The periphery spaces (formal dining room, guest bedroom, basement) are kept at a minimal level of heat, but can be warmed on demand. By building this box within a box, energy use was reduced by over 90 per cent. With...

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GEMINI House: Construction has begun

by ERA Architects

...home, located on the UofT campus. The GEMINI NTED™ approach involves the implementation of two separate high-performance envelopes that thermally isolate the house into two zones: “core” and “periphery.”The core space comprises rooms expected to be in daily use (kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom), and will therefore be heated on a daily basis in cooler months. The periphery spaces...

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2008 Heritage Toronto Awards

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Wesley Building and King Parliament Square win 2008 Heritage Toronto Awards. Please follow the link below to read the full article that was written by Patricia Williams. Featured in the Daily Commercial News and Construction Record. 2008 Heritage Toronto Awards – Daily Commercial News...

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ERA Principal Scott Weir Walks Designer Tommy Smythe Through a Few Current Conservation Projects

by ERA Architects

...for Casey House Toronto, with Hariri Pontarini Architects Clifford Masonry Ltd is the heritage contractor. Thanks to the Marillyn Dennis show, and Tommy Smythe and his team for profiling heritage work happening in the city! Link to segment: http://www.marilyn.ca/…/s…/Daily/May2017/05_04_2017/Segment3 These projects will be featured in greater depth on the ERA portfolio page of the website in the weeks to come....

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The Legacy Lives On: Hamilton’s Built Heritage Inventory as an emerging practice in historic urban landscape stewardship

by ERA Architects

...they inhabit could, in the future, be used by cities to identify a much broader range of conservation opportunities, better understand an area’s capacity to change and evolve, and reposition historic resources to serve as the springboard and foundation for new development….’ Article in CIP’s PLAN Canada Journal: http://www.kelmanonline.com/httpdocs/files/CIP/plancanadawinter2017/index.html Related content: https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/hamiltons-durand-built-heritage-inventory-project-incorporates-digital-innovation-to-develop-a-citywide-approach-to-heritage-planning/ https://www.eraarch.ca/project/hamilton-downtown-built-heritage-inventory/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2013/9295/ All images courtesy of ERA Architects....

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Amendments to Heritage Policies in Toronto’s Official Plan

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...Plan heritage policies on the City website: www.toronto.ca/opreview/pdf/opreview_proposed_heritage_policy.pdf 2) ERA’s initial comments and draft counter proposal: www.era.on.ca/pdf/ERA_OP_heritage_policy_comments.pdf 3) Draft Amendment No. 199 to Official Plan, just released and available on the City website: http://www.toronto.ca/opreview/pdf/version_opa_atclerks.pdf 4) ERA’s comments on Amendment, submitted respectfully on October 1, 2012: www.era.on.ca/pdf/ERA_OP_heritage_policy_comments2.pdf The key authors of this draft include Michael McClelland (Principal and Co-Founder at ERA),...

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