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Sheguiandah First Nation Community Court

...the NBA and the Toronto Raptors. https://www.eraarch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2.mp4   Through ERA’s unique collaborative design approach, ERA worked with local youth leaders to develop a court design that meets the needs of the community while reflecting the values and unique identity of the Sheguiandah First Nation. This included assisting the community through an artist selection process that brought Anishinaabe artist Emily Kewageshing...

Art Gallery of Ontario

...West, a composed collage of architectural styles and talent representative of Toronto’s growth and evolution since 1818. It is a part of a cultural community that includes Grange Park, the Ontario College of Art (OCAD) and many local art galleries. ERA worked with Frank Gehry Architects as the Heritage Consultant for the 2002-2009 renovations and expansion of the gallery. http://www.ago.net/...

Stanley Barracks

...surface to the north-east of the Stanley Barracks. They were exposed though archaeological excavation in the spring of 2012. As part of the Hotel X development at Exhibition Place, strategies to interpret the significant history of the ‘New Fort’ site were incorporated into the project. The main components of the heritage interpretation for the site were the conservation and adaptive...

Fashion House Condos

...development. The Silver Plate Building was completed in 1875. The ground floor contained an office, a showroom, packing facilities, and a shop for the stamping of designs on to the silver objects that were manufactured on site such as flatware, cutlery and hollow ware (vases and bowls). The second floor housed facilities for burnishing and buffing the silver, and the...

Arial view of Booth Street Booth Street Redevelopment Master Plan

...into the overall site remediation plan and redevelopment strategy. The Booth Street Complex features seven buildings comprised of 17 individual structures. Constructed between 1911 and 1952, the buildings include laboratories as well as research and office spaces designed for the use of the federal Department of Mines, which was active until the early 2000s. As Heritage Consultants, ERA worked with...

St. Lawrence Market North

...Stirk Harbour + Partners and Adamson Associates, their design reimagined the site and reinstated historic links to St. Lawrence Hall. The new project will replace the existing 1960s structure currently on site with a new landmark mixed-use market hall and public building, with courts above. The design features a four-storey structure with an elegant glass atrium that offers scenic views...

Todmorden Mills Museum

Todmorden Mills is a small mid-nineteenth century industrial complex located in the Don Valley. A designated heritage site, the mill and residential buildings operate as a heritage and cultural centre. ERA provided long-term planning, museological and architectural conservation consulting to the site. One of the houses on the site is a rare adobe building for which ERA developed a detailed...

Flag Field

...are clustered in two groups adjacent to the main pedestrian path of the park, and are intended to bring movement and colour to the site, to partly screen the surrounding urban fabric, and to create a loose system in which people can stroll or children can play. The base of each flag is a circle of multi-coloured rubber crumb surface...

Junction Commons Project

...urbanMetrics have been engaged by the community to conduct a detailed feasibility study of the site. The study will provide a number of analyses to help align project objectives with the diverse needs of the neighbouhood, identify opportunities and constraints set by the architecture itself, and establish organizational and business strategies to fully unlock the value of the site in...

Coliseum Complex at Exhibition Place

...site for several years already, ERA was contracted in 2009 to assess and replace 200 windows on four sides of the complex for energy efficiency and preservation of heritage fabric; restore the exterior façades of the “Industry Building” based on original drawings; and renovate a vestibule that, after the addition of Direct Energy Centre, was blocking sight lines and obstructing...

Alma College Square

...and unsuccessful attempts to redevelop the site, the landmark building succumbed to arson and was destroyed. In 2018, a local developer engaged ERA to generate a phased site plan and a heritage strategy that would interpret and leverage the history of the site, as well as provide much needed housing. A formal ensemble of three apartment buildings was proposed, in...

Cornell Campbell Farmstead

...to prepare the Horticultural Landscape Plan that set the vision and guiding framework for future development of the Cornell Campbell Farmstead, a vision that would be sensitive to the natural and cultural heritage of the site. ERA led the visioning and development of design themes that took inspiration from the site’s history and agrarian context. The design themes were intended...