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RAC Zoning Approved for 500 Sites

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...Apartment Neighbourhoods across the city. The new zoning by-law provides a new and flexible land-use framework for Apartment Neighbourhoods. The goal of this new framework is to enable healthy, complete, and vibrant neighbourhoods better able to respond to local needs and opportunities. The goal is addressed primarily by allowing for a full range of uses within these neighbourhoods: commercial activity,...

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New Approaches to Old Housing

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...practice arm [ERA] where we build things,” Stewart explains. It is this structure that has helped advance and implement building retrofits and site-wide renewal. “It’s those kinds of activities that are really outside the framework of a traditional practice, but are actually exploring the nuts and bolts of land-use planning, building codes, zoning, taxation and other barriers that have made...

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Evergreen Brickworks film wins Hotdocs award

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Crowd the Schoolhouse, a short film inspired by the evolution and regeneration of the Evergreen Brickworks site (a project in ERA’s portfolio), recently received two awards at the International Documentary Challenge. Each film must be 5 minutes long, filmed within the same five days at the beginning of March, and based on the theme of “cycles.” The entry by team...

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Urban Design Awards

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...each of which have been adapted for specialized uses…. Between and around the buildings are outdoor spaces that offer an equally wide range of public uses…. The site is well connected to its surroundings, making it fully accessible to all Toronto residents. The jury lauds the implementation of this long-term vision and the commitment that was required to see Evergreen...

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ERA leads the conversation of digital transformation at the Beijing Urban and Architecture Biennale

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...the work on Ken Soble Tower, for example, BIM (Revit) was leveraged for uses related to energy efficiency models and passive house design. Linking the energy models with the design allowed immediate review of design impacts and building geometries to conduct thermal simulations. In the end, the project team successfully reduced the building’s energy consumption by 70% and greenhouse gas...

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Evergreen Brickworks wins CNU Charter Award

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...historic built fabric. “The project respects the enterprising spirit and built legacy of the original industrial use while responding to environmental considerations and the need for gathering space within the larger community,” according to jury remarks. Evergreen Brick Works was one of nine international projects given a 2013 Charter Award. The Congress Charter awards are given to projects that respond...

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Historic farmsteads drive a new rural cultural economy

by ERA Architects

...community need. ERA has had the opportunity to work closely with a number of these farmsteads and their owners in recent years. These property owners are looking for innovative adaptive reuse opportunities to help catalyze their local cultural economy by leveraging their heritage asset. ERA engages with these projects using the framework of the Historic Ontario Farmstead. The Historic Ontario...

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Repurposed junk: A chicken coop

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...here than it was in the city: Now we have the garage, the barn, the shed, the back of the lot…. But the idea of turning waste into usefulness (central to the practice of farming as we see it) percolates into all manner of rural living, and provides a close and satisfying connection to our practice, whether working in the...

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Heritage Toronto Awards Announced

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...was preceded by a special Mayor’s Reception, where Mayor John Tory spoke about the importance of heritage conservation in architecture. ERA is proud to be a part of three awarded recipient teams. All three awards were presented under the William Greer Architectural Conservation and Craftsmanship category, which aims to honour projects that restore or adapt buildings in existence for forty...

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Accessibility & Heritage Conservation

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...than the principal entrance, a practice that is now widely regarded as a human rights issue. Adding an accessible ramp to the front of the building, without negatively impacting the existing site’s architecture, demonstrates a commitment to accessibility and heritage conservation. The design has minimal impact and is reversible, a core element of heritage conservation, and the ramp design complements...

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ERA Celebrates Project Wins at the 2016 Heritage Toronto Awards Ceremony

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...be a part of four awarded recipient teams and two honourable mentions. The following projects were recognized: Award of Excellence: The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood Editors: John Lorinc, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg & Tatum Taylor Publisher: Coach House Books Award of Excellence: The Don Jail Commissioned by: Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Planning, Design and Compliance...

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Innovation and the public realm

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...that shape the process and outcomes of public space projects. These involve various interrelated factors: design (aspirations and visions); planning and development (negotiation, policy, and regulatory procedures); use (context of space); and governance (responsibilities towards stewardship, maintenance, and funding). Callwood Park, Toronto: Design and construction costs of the park was funded by Section 37 and Section 42 finds, and the...

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