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The Red Mason
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Recently, as part of ERA’s ongoing interest in preserving and applying traditional building crafts, we were happy to be involved in heritage masonry workshops led by Dr. Gerard Lynch. Dr. Lynch is an internationally acclaimed historic brickwork consultant, master bricklayer, educator, and author. He is considered the world’s leading authority of gauged brickwork, and affectionately known by the historic term...
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CUG+R at Urban Design London
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...organization that connects design practitioners and provides up to date information about policy, research, and best practice. They will have an opportunity to present the vision of Tower Renewal across the Province of Ontario and learn about other approaches being taken in cities around the world. Discussions will include experts from multiple disciplines, and topics will range from estate regeneration...
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The Millionth Tower
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ERA (in association with the Centre for Urban Growth + Renewal) has been working with the National Film Board on their documentary project HighRise, which looks at the experience of living in post war concrete towers around the world. Currently, ERA, CUG+R, and the National Film Board are working with the Kipling Towers community in north Etobicoke to produce the...
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Graeme Stewart on the interdisciplinary brilliance of George Baird
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...significantly contributed to — the wider ideas of this world. This was a man who not only shaped the modern curriculum at the school of architecture but was a key actor in the City’s self-conception and transformation. from Graeme Stewart’s feature “George Baird and the Toronto School” also: Watch Graeme Stewart’s 2022 George Baird Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsWURsl0Qc0 Photograph by Andre Beneteau...
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The Red Mason at the Brickworks
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ERA Architects, in cooperation with Historic Restoration Inc., is hosting one and two day workshops for Heritage Professionals and Masons, titled Lime Mortars for Traditionally Constructed Brickwork, lead by Dr. Gerard Lynch. Dr. Lynch is an internationally acclaimed and highly respected historic brickwork consultant, master bricklayer, educator and author, considered the world’s leading authority of gauge brickwork, and affectionately known...
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Ontario Place in docomomoUS
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...landscape. Ontario Place was completed in 1971 – a major public attraction, with elaborate harbourfront landscape design by Michael Hough, and space-age architecture by Eberhard Zeidler. The design of the site included the Cinesphere, a triodetic dome housing the world’s first permanent IMAX cinema; five interconnected “pods” – pavilions containing exhibition space, restaurants, and shops; and the landscape context: an...
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Heritage masonry courses with Gerard Lynch
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...Guilds of London Institute (LCG). He is a former Head lecturer of Trowel Trades at Bedford College, pioneering a revival of gauged brickwork, in which he is considered the world’s leading authority, and other almost forgotten traditional craft skills. He is affectionately known by the historic term, ‘The Red Mason’. For more information or to register, please see Willowbank’s website....
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Jane’s Walk in Old York
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On Saturday May 5th, ERA principal Michael McClelland joined Ken and Eti Greenberg to take a group of 65 participants on a Jane’s Walk in the heart of Toronto. Named for legendary urbanist Jane Jacobs, Jane’s Walks occur all over the world in the name of promoting urban literacy and the involvement of community in urban development. Jane Jacobs’ critical...
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Military infrastructure designation, UK
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...in the early 1940s by Blohm and Voss of Hamburg, Germany, the firm that built the battleship Bismark, among others, for the HVSA, a highly significant Hamburg research establishment. No. 2 Cavitation Tunnel is one of only two such facilities in the UK. It was brought to England after the Second World War as part of the war reparations program....
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Jane’s Walk on Jarvis St.
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On Sunday May 6th, ERA principal Michael McClelland joined Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and 75 interested participants on a Jane’s Walk in Toronto’s downtown east. Named for legendary urbanist and author Jane Jacobs, Jane’s Walks occur all over the world in the name of promoting urban literacy and community involvement in local urban environments. Sunday’s walk began at Casey...
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Silo 5 in Old Montreal
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...North America, but as a result of a changing world economy, the activities of Silo 5 declined in the late 20th century, leading to its complete closure in 1994. In 2007, Canada Lands Company took possession of the complex and is currently studying development options for this fascinating historic site. For more information or to get involved, go to www.pointedumoulin.ca....
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On mapping
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...in map reading. One carefully draws the lines from dot to dot until the little rhinoceros reveals itself, and there is a moment of discovery, recognition and pleasure. With every map this same moment of discovery lies in wait – and the more complex the map, the greater the pleasure there is in reading it. In reading any map there...
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