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Paradise Theatre

...in the heritage designation, as well as the inspired interior led by Solid Design, is a testament to the level of commitment the project team had to celebrating the original building and its heritage attributes. Ernesto DiStefano Thanks to its careful conservation, and inclusive and accessible programming, Paradise is once again a space for the community to gather and celebrate....

Exterior of Phillips House Phillips House: North York General Hospital

...originally built for Frederick Martin Connell in 1937, it became synonymous with Colonel W. Eric Phillips. Colonel Phillips served in the British Army during World War I before becoming a prominent businessman first in Oshawa and then Toronto. Phillips purchased the property in 1945, using it to conduct business and entertain associates. The property was one of many country homes...

Art Gallery of Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) is an important cultural institution both locally for the City of Toronto and internationally as one of Canada’s most important cultural showplaces. The AGO is one of Toronto’s foremost institutions and has a rich historical and architectural background. Since its inception nearly 100 years ago, the Gallery has undergone many significant and distinct additions...

Culture of Outports

...a community. The knowledge gained through these processes is then used to design specific interventions in the local landscape. These interventions, though modest in scale, are intended as focal points for community engagement and cultural landmarks around which new cultural activities and micro-economies can grow. Port Union, Trinity Bay North (2013) Founded in 1916, Port Union was long the headquarters...

51 Division – Police Headquarters

...building intersect and work together in a “long life, low energy, loose fit” approach to both heritage and sustainability. While the new building meets current energy efficiency standards, the heritage fabric is only partially heated and cooled. This strategy conserves energy and protects the historic masonry, which is left exposed, retaining the site’s historic industrial appearance. Heritage work involved the...

Child and Parent Resource Institute

The Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI) is a provincially operated regional resource centre in London, Ontario, that provides diagnostic assessment, consultation, education, research, and short-term treatment services for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders. The subject site occupies a 56-hectare parcel of land and is acknowledged for its cultural heritage significance. The majority of the buildings on...

The McGill New Vic Project

...Hospital lost almost all its functions and has been sitting mostly vacant since. In 2018, the Quebec government mandated the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) to lead the adaptive re-use initiative for the complex. The latter has therefore begun a master plan project for the redevelopment of the site. McGill University, which had long demonstrated its desire to expand its...

Yonge and Charles (Shoppers Drug Mart)

...at the intersection of Yonge and Charles were stripped and repainted. In the interior of the building, a new mass-timber structure was implemented, bringing a modern and sustainable lens to the project. On the ground floor, the larger expanse of storefront glass brings additional natural light into the space, and the retained, and restored, brick returns to help tell the...

Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

One of the earliest European settlements in the Province of Ontario, Sainte Marie among the Hurons is a site of national heritage significance and international interest. The challenge of assembling a conservation plan for three fireplace ruins at this important historic site offered an opportunity to approach conservation by first asking how to best interpret and present these artifacts to...

Wateridge Village / Village des Riverains: Commemoration Program

...The Program is grounded in story collection and research which generated an understanding of the lands as experienced by Algonquin, military, and francophone communities over time. The personal and ancestral stories of these communities are summarized in the document to inspire and inform commemoration strategies as well as the ongoing reconnection between Algonquin peoples and the oral traditions, including stories...

Morden House Captain G.E. Morden House

Built in 1858, Captain G.E. Morden House is an example of an original residential estate built during the time of settlement in the Town of Oakville. The building’s historical value is rooted in its past as the home to Oakville’s Morden family from 1900-1947. Captain George Handy Morden owned and operated several Lake Schooners and founded the Morden Line steamers,...

Sheguiandah First Nation Community Court

...while investing in the local economy. ERA also worked collaboratively with key project advisors including Infrastructure Specialists for the United Chiefs and Councils of Mnidoo Mnising and Ellis Don to ensure that almost half of the construction work was completed by local Indigenous-owned companies and to ensure that the design reflected the capacity of the local construction industry of Manitoulin...