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Harvest Festival in Thorncliffe Park

by ERA Architects

...priorities for the design. Ultimately, the design process focused on place-making—inventing a design to complement and respond to the community and the harvest theme of the festival. Visitors partake in a drumming circle. Together, DG, TAG, and ERA chose a site for the café, adjacent to the major pedestrian route in RV Burgess Park, and at the very heart of...

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Eglinton Crosstown moves forward

by ERA Architects

...opportunity to improve public space with more green, human-scaled design. The full project reports, including the recently approved overall corridor recommendations, can be downloaded at the City of Toronto’s Eglinton Connects site. ERA’s specific heritage sections can be downloaded here: Background Character Areas Inventory and Mapping Weston / Mount Dennis Character Area Don Valley Corridor and Potential Cultural Heritage Landscape...

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New Approaches to Old Housing

by ERA Architects

...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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Stripping

by ERA Architects

Work continues through the winter out at Allandale Station in Barrie, and Alana returned from a recent site visit with this evocative photo of the paint stripping in process....

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Maple Leaf Gardens marquee restoration

by ERA Architects

...also a National Historic Site. Conn Smythe (fourth from left) in front of the historic marquee, 195-. Toronto Archives f1257_s1057_it7469. The original canopy from 1931 did not include the lightbox above (which was added in the following decade), and the marquee has been subsequently modified numerous times over the life of the building. It was decided in consultation with municipal...

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Singapore’s d+a Magazine Covers the Don Jail Transformation into Bridgepoint Health

by ERA Architects

Former Toronto resident Rebecca Lo explores the Heritage Toronto award-winning project and shares Michael McClelland’s insights on a successful transition from a site laden with stigma and apprehension to one that is celebrated and fascinating to behold:...

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New Projects

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ERA is excited to get started on the following new projects: Casey House Redevelopment with Hariri Pontarini Architects Bridgepoint Health Site Plan with Stantec Architecture Ltd. and KPMB Architects West Don Lands Public Realm Development with the Planning Partnership...

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Charrette: Healthy Corner Stores

by ERA Architects

...lack easy access to healthy options. ERA has been a partner with the East Scarborough Storefront since 2010, working directly with the local community to design new common and public spaces, and to bring exciting new community programs to the site. We are currently working with all stakeholders, including the Storefront and adjacent property owners, to develop the area into...

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ERA Heads to the Yukon!

by ERA Architects

From the Gold Rush to present-day film festivals, from traditional First Nation livelihoods to contemporary eco-tourism, the architecture and natural landscape of the Yukon has a plethora of stories to share.The Klondike region of the Yukon holds a central place in Canadian history due to these stories. The Klondike-Tr’ondëk site is now up for nomination for a UNESCO World Heritage...

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New Vision Church Preaches to the Converted as ‘The Music Hall’ (with new video link)

by ERA Architects

...bid to better serve and engage with the wider community, the church congregation is opening their doors to the music industry and its patrons, providing new context to the site as a 1,000-seat live performance venue, ‘The Music Hall’. The church has already played host to several high-profile entertainment events, such as a ‘Welcome to Hamilton’ benefit concert to raise...

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

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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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