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Letters to the Mayor: An outlet for expressions on city-building set amidst a developmental blank canvas

by ERA Architects

...‘East Harbour’ in the coming years, branded as Toronto’s newest commercial and cultural district. The ‘Letters to the Mayor’ exhibit is presented as an international letter-writing campaign from architects to their local public officials and/or developers, installed and presented for public consideration of architects as inspired city-builders. It presents a range of communications, from formal written statements to graphic representations...

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Jane Jacobs Prize to Graeme Stewart & Sabina Ali

by ERA Architects

...street in “Apartment Neighbouhoods.” It will open up important possibilities for community initiatives and small businesses. To attend a public consultation, please see our recent blog post for dates and times. The 2014 Jane Jacobs Prize was announced Tuesday March 25th on CBC Metro Morning. To hear the interview, go to Metro Morning online. The prize will be officially awarded...

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Three rows of thumbnail image squares show the overall colour palette of neighbouring buildings on a streetscape

Dressing The Webster

by ERA Architects

...dominant colours in the neighbourhood. “Most HCDs are pretty conservative in their limitations and parameters. But, with reference to the existing precedents of colours in use in the neighbourhood, we could show that there is a diverse range of colours here.”  It was an interesting experiment, and a persuasive demonstration. Carl says he simply used an approach that’s common in...

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April 25-27: Exhibition on landscape

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...around the history of public engagement in one of our favourite parks: Allan Gardens. In 1963, the Department of Parks and Recreation set up a suggestion box in Allan Gardens. It turned out that Torontonians were full of ideas about how to improve the park, and we found their suggestions in the city archives. Fifty years later, we are hoping...

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Stone Engravings at Soldiers’ Tower

by ERA Architects

...their lives in World War I. Additional names where later added in the archway after World War II. While the Tower, which stands 143 feet tall, is architecturally significant in its own right, the carefully cut engravings, which list the names of 1185 fallen members, are arguably the most important element. So when members of the Soldiers’ Tower Alumni Committee...

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Tower Renewal crash course, update on “Showcase”

by ERA Architects

Recently ERA’s Graeme Stewart and Evergreen Cityworks‘ John Brodhead presented a webinar on Tower Renewal in partnership with the Social Innovation Generation and Cities for People. The webinar presents an impressive picture of the last eight years of Tower Renewal efforts, and includes discussion of Toronto’s unique built form in relation to other cities, its history of progressive modern planning,...

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Evergreen Brickworks wins CNU Charter Award

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Evergreen Brick Works was just honoured with a 2013 Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Charter Award, announced May 29 in Salt Lake City. ERA has been working on this project for several years with project partners including Evergreen, architectsAlliance, DTAH, Diamond Schmitt, and Claude Cormier + Associés, among others. Jurors praised the project for its innovative reuse of a challenging...

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Cambium Farms barn and silo

Historic farmsteads drive a new rural cultural economy

by ERA Architects

...farm in 2011, the owners expanded their offering in 2017, announcing that they would be opening a brewery on site. This decision was instigated by a local tourism boom, Caledon’s population growth, and a desire to encourage people to get outside and engage with agricultural sites in their vicinity. ERA worked with the owners to renovate one of the barns...

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The Broadview Hotel’s terracotta panels have a story to tell

by ERA Architects

Much has been spoken and written of the Broadview Hotel over the past few years. Having opened last spring, the updated landmark at the corner of Queen and Broadview has already established itself as the new go-to site for entertainment in the Riverdale neighbourhood. With all the positive attention, comes increased interest in the building’s history and the stories that...

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Tafelmusik to revitalize home venue

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The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir has just announced a $3 million revitalization project to improve its home venue at Trinity-St Paul’s in Toronto. ERA Architects is pleased to be working with Tafelmusik to raise the standards of the venue and transform its acoustics. Trinity-St. Paul’s, designed by Edmund Burke and Henry Langley and completed in 1889, is a...

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A new look for ERAarch.ca

by ERA Architects

...reorganize the content. You’ll find it easier to navigate and quickly land on the projects and information you (and our admirers) are looking for. And we’ve built it to respond to whichever type of device you’re using. We’ll soon be adding a French-language version of the website to support of our clients and offices in Québec and Ottawa, vous le...

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Brick work

by ERA Architects

...differences between the 1860’s style and 1880’s style. They also demonstrated typical kinds of deterioration to clay bricks, different mortar mixes of the era, what sandblasted brick looks like, how to recognize step cracks, the different stages of spalling, etc. A good primer for new employees, and a great way to pass along years of experience in a hands-on setting....

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