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A Field Guide to Tactical Heritage Urbanism

by ERA Architects

ERA Architects, in conjunction with the Canadian National Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS Canada), is proud to announce the launch of “A Field Guide to Tactical Heritage Urbanism”. Tactical heritage urbanism is a collection of economically accessible, temporary initiatives enacted by citizens to introduce and celebrate the stories and experiences that collectively constitute their community’s...

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Baist’s Detroit

by ERA Architects

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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Meditating on the Med

by admin

A small Italian town offers a soothing break for those who take the time to get to know it. Featured in the National Post Written by Scott Weir Rome’s cottage country – National Post...

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Tower Renewal Solutions on CBC Radio

by ERA Architects

As aging apartment buildings begin to contribute to the housing crisis, (exposed this week in the infrastructure failure at 260 Wellesley, Toronto) the clear response is system-scale reinvestment — and it’s underway right now across Canada. Of particular note, the Ken Soble Tower Project is one of the most significant and precedent-setting tower retrofit projects in North America, and it’s...

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Overcoming Challenges in Heritage Conservation at 100 Spadina Rd.

by ERA Architects

100 Spadina Rd. Photo by Andrew Louis. What happens when a building’s heritage conservation is complicated by new building codes that were non-existent at the time of its construction? This was the case for Park Property Management’s renovation of 100 Spadina Rd., one of Uno Prii’s designs erected in 1969. As highlighted in Dave Leblanc’s article in The Globe and...

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Flags: Public Artwork Complete

by ERA Architects

...can play. The base of each flag is a circle of multi-coloured rubber crumb surface often associated with playgrounds and sports fields. Each flagpole is underpinned by groundscrew technology, a light-touch alternative to traditional concrete foundations. The use of ground screws in this case is more economical, more time-efficient, and makes a much smaller footprint on the site. ERA’s contribution...

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Announcing Founding Principal Edwin Rowse’s retirement from ERA Architects Inc.

by ERA Architects

One of ERA’s two founding principals, Edwin Rowse, is retiring as of October 1. Edwin and Michael McClelland founded ERA in 1990 with a shared pragmatic, but principled, approach to heritage architecture, planning and conservation. Their ability to provide consistent advice from conception to full implementation of a project became a notable strength of the company and of its growing...

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Publications & Exhibits

Dragon Centre Stories: Perspectives on Multi-Cultural Retail and Suburban Cultural Heritage 

by Alexis Cohen, senior associate

...that sprung up in the Agincourt area in the following years. Even though it created new economic opportunity in the community, its development also triggered a racist backlash in the surrounding neighbourhood due to the municipality’s inadequate planning around parking.  In October 2019, in anticipation of the mall’s redevelopment, a group of collaborators hosted a commemoration and story-sharing event at...

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