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ERA Presents at TCLF Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape

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...the conference was divided into relevant topics and themes, including: Making and managing Toronto’s 21st century landscape A history of coupled human and natural systems Toronto’s emerging urban public realm Current work in Toronto Exporting Innovation and failure Jennifer Keesmat & Paul Bedford in conversation. Image Credit: Nina-Marie Lister Opening remarks by ERA principal Michael McClelland, Janet Rosenberg of Janet...

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Government Conference Centre: Progress on Heritage Interiors

by ERA Architects

...part of the formal processional route bringing visitors through the building to some of its grandest interiors. As a visitor enters through the Rideau Entrance Lobby, down the grand stair, they find themselves here: viewing the building’s Beaux-Arts features evident in its monumental use of classical forms such as the columns, entablatures, pilasters, arches and vaults. The GCC Rehabilitation Project...

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The Broadview Hotel is Awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation

by ERA Architects

...maintain key architectural features of the 125-year-old landmark: rounded-arch and squared-head windows, decorative terra cotta panels, prominent turret with a pyramidal roof, wide arches and rusticated stonework on the ground floor. The development of the structure included an addition to increase its capacity. Its use as a hotel will return, with 58 guestrooms, a restaurant and cafe added to the...

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Baist’s Detroit

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Like Goad’s Fire Insurance Maps in Toronto, the Baist Real Estate Atlases were produced for insurance underwriters who used them to evaluate a site’s degree of risk and establish premiums. These maps were adopted by city planners and local developers to understand the city, as they showed an accurate demarcation of buildings with materials, use, street address (and changes) and...

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ERA to Revitalize Historic Yonge Street Landmark

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The former Canadian Bank of Commerce building at 197 Yonge Street, since abandoned for 25 years, is set to become the focus of a major redevelopment effort led by MOD Developments in collaboration with ERA. Redevelopment will see the restoration and integration of the existing stone edifice at the foot of a new mixed-use tower designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects....

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Governor General Awards, 2014

by ERA Architects

...in the process.” Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, lead architect KPMB. Jury comment: “Large glass volumes are anchored to an existing Victorian house and seem to float behind it.… [These] light volumes against the stately mansion…make a convincing use of contrasts.” Congratulations to Shim-Sutcliffe, RDH, KPMB, and all the winning offices. Please see the media release at Architecture Canada....

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Micallef: Canada’s identity, modernist architecture

by ERA Architects

...general has yet to fully embrace its architectural modernist roots. And as these buildings become 40, 50, and 60 years old, we are faced with many decisions about whether to keep them, how to evaluate them; how to use them, adapt them, conserve and repair them; and, more generally, how to conceive of them as part of our cultural heritage....

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Tuckpointing: a note on detail

by ERA Architects

...of old mortar in brickwork. But historically, this term in fact refers to a less common subtlety of the mason’s practice. In use for centuries in England, tuckpointing is a way to produce the impression of very fine, precise mortar joints – even with inexpensive, irregularly sized bricks. In such cases, the mason must accommodate the irregular bricks by constantly...

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