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Gordonridge is ERA’s third project with MLSE Foundation developing place-based recreational spaces with community stakeholders, providing youth and adults a safe space to play and access a variety of sports within their neighbourhoods. Courtesy of MLSE. Photo: Neil Ta In August of 2018, ERA began working, as lead architect, with key project partners MLSE Foundation, Jumpstart, and Toronto Community Housing...
...and urban planning policies aligned with community heritage values and objectives. ERA employed a streamlined framework that aligns with the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act and recent best practices, to evaluate and classify each property in Centertown. The evaluation considered design, historical, and contextual value, while emphasizing community engagement and area-shaping themes. Based on Inventory’s findings, ERA provided key...
In 2015, a new Secondary Plan was developed for the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. As a sub-consultant on the planning team led by Urban Strategies, ERA undertook a Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment in order to identify and assess cultural heritage resources, including the buildings, views and open spaces, in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act. Based on a comprehensive...
...chimneys were completely dismantled to below the roof line and rebuilt with new brick to match the original profile, incorporating new metal flashings and chimney covers. Foundations were excavated and repaired by deep repointing with lime-based mortar, parged and damp-proofed on the exterior. Interior repairs included the removal and replacement of rust-jacked wall brackets, and the repair of brick arches....
...distinctive shallow dome remains in use throughout the year as a lecture hall for university courses. While the design of the Hall is said to be based on that of the Sorbonne Theatre in Paris, the origins of the rotunda form with its oculus can be traced to the Pantheon in Rome. In the centennial year of the Hall, ERA...
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One Year of ‘The Signs That Define Toronto’
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...Kraler) The Signs That Define Montreal and Vancouver At the beginning of the summer, Kurt had the opportunity to visit Dr. Matt Soar and his collection of Montreal signs at Concordia University’s Loyola Campus. The Montreal Signs Project is an initiative that began in 2010 that seeks to save and restore historic commercial and civic signs in Montreal. Their website...
Read MoreThe Signs That Define Toronto: A new book from ERA and Spacing
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We are happy to announce the release of The Signs That Define Toronto. Published and produced with Spacing, ERA partner Philip Evans and architect Kurt Kraler team up with Spacing’s Matthew Blackett and 20 contributors to reveal the history, culture, and stories of the city through its unique signage. The book is packed full of gorgeous historic and vintage photography...
Read MoreTeaching-based Professionals, Business-based Researchers
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...experimentation. Firms that encourage this experimental approach include ERA Architects, located in Toronto, Montreal, and Prince Edward County, Claude Cormier + Associés (CC+A) in Montreal, and the Hapa Collaborative in Vancouver. Each of these firms has advanced the field of landscape architecture through collaborative projects and community-based initiatives. For example, ERA has worked with community members to establish the non-profit...
Read MoreHeroic: A New Book Coming Soon!
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...and with more than 260 illustrations drawn from a dozen historical archives or produced especially for the book, Heroic offers one of the first comprehensive studies of the impact of concrete architecture in the United States. It includes essays by historians, interviews with architects from the time period, and examples of thirty buildings crucial to Boston’s reemergence. Book Rendering The...
Read MoreAnnouncing the Frank Darling Book Project
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...Bank of Commerce, Vancouver. (Photo: Jason King Architect) Bank of Montreal, Toronto. (Photo: David Winterton) As part of its mission to uncover and share new tangents in urban history at the vanguard of heritage theory, ERA has collaboratively published or been instrumental in the production of a number of books, such as Concrete Toronto: A Guide to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties...
Read MoreFrom Past to Page: Uncovering the Ward
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...story-telling and educational opportunities this work has afforded.” —Holly Martelle, Project Archaeologist, Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants) ‘The Ward Uncovered—The Archaeology of Everyday Life’ is the fourth in a series of books published by Coach House Books that Michael McClelland has co-edited. Each book has dealt with a specific role of heritage and architecture within the City of Toronto. The first...
Read MoreThe Ward: A new book, UPDATE
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ERA is excited to announce our new book all about Toronto’s St. John’s Ward. The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood, launches May 20th. See our previous post here. A number of events lead up to this exhilarating new release. The Ward will be presented in the Pages UnBound Festival, an annual mixed media festival combining...
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