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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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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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Ken Soble Tower, a white-clad 18-storey tower viewed from a vantage at ground level and looking high up into the sky.
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Canada’s Ken Soble Tower certified as world’s largest residential Passive House EnerPHit retrofit

by ERA Architects

...PCL Construction Structural and Building Envelope Consultant: Entuitive Mechanical Consultant: Reinbold engineering group Electrical Consultant: Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd. Passive House Consultant: JMV Consulting & Transsolar Third-Party Passive House Certifier: Herz & Lang GmbH Building Envelope Testing: Engineering Link Commissioning Consultant: CFMS Consulting Inc. About Passive House Canada Passive House Canada is a national non-profit professional association advocating for...

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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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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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