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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

...the public. The site’s three fireplaces, which date to the 1640s, are the oldest stone masonry to be found west of Quebec City. Having been excavated in the 1940s during archeological excavations, the fireplaces had been exposed and degrading for 70 years. Huronia Historical Parks retained ERA Architects to prepare a Conservation Master Plan to ensure their conservation in the...

Centretown Heritage Inventory

...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...

Art Gallery of Ontario

...and alterations, each completed by established and prominent architects representative of that time (Darling & Pearson, John C. Parkin, Barton Myers and Frank Gehry) . The AGO maintains a strong presence on Dundas Street 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...

St. James’ Cathedral Centre

St. James’ Parish House, as it was originally known, is an important piece of the St. James’ Cathedral campus, one of the defining historical properties of Toronto’s old town. The Parish House, completed in 1909, was designed by well-known Toronto architects Darling and Pearson, and is an excellent example of Neo-Gothic style. The Diocesan Centre, adjoined to the east, was...

Loblaws Groceteria at West Block

...of residential towers. The four-storey building at the corner of Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard would be salvaged, fully reconstructed, and rehabilitated as a retail hub operated by its original owner and constructor, Loblaws. The new development reconstructed the four-storey building using as much original masonry as could be salvaged, with a new four-storey addition set back atop the...

Royal Ontario Museum

...in a fine building that displays the regional development of early 20th century Romanesque style, as well as bold modern interventions. ERA was retained as the heritage consultant for the ROM Renaissance renovation. This work involves historical studies, municipal approvals, exterior masonry and window restoration, detailing connections between old and new building fabric, and the restoration of original interior spaces....

Night view of Devonshire Drake Devonshire Inn

The Drake Devonshire Inn is located in the pastoral Prince Edward County town of Wellington, Ontario. ERA was engaged as architect of record, collaborating with the Drake Hotel and interior designer John Tong of +tongtong inc. to refurbish the century-old Devonshire Inn, integrate it into the landscape, and take advantage of the striking views to Lake Ontario. The contemporary and...

La Cour d’appel du QuΓ©bec (Quebec Court of Appeals)

This monumental building in Old Montreal, completed in 1926, was designed by Ernest Cormier, Louis-Auguste Amos, and Charles J. Saxe. Cormier, known for his fine design work and decidedly modern approach to architecture, also designed l’Université de Montréal; St. Michael’s College School, Toronto; the Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa; and Cormier House, which served fo several years as the Montreal...

1 Spadina Crescent

...Spadina Crescent centred on developing restoration and conversion strategies for the original building, designed by Smith & Gemmell in 1875, and connecting it to the new concrete and glass panelled extension. As well as being a space for design students and thinkers to thrive in, the new Daniels Faculty building itself embodies conversations between old and new, heritage and innovation....

Coronation park Coronation Park

...features, and providing a contemporary interpretation that reflected and honoured the historic intent of the park design. This work included interpretive signage, featuring a new wayfinding map and new granite markers aimed to increase the legibility of the commemorative landscape. Landscape upgrades, including new paths, seating, and low-maintenance planting were integrated throughout the site, while remaining complementary to the historic...

View of barn doors and public art of metal bars arching Artscape Wychwood Barns

The Artscape Wychwood Barns are located on the southwest corner of Wychwood and Benson Avenues, near St. Clair Avenue. The modular structure to house streetcars was built between 1913 and 1921 for the Toronto Civic Railway, a transportation system that played a significant role in the development of the newly annexed suburban areas in the old City of Toronto. When...

Dragon Centre Stories

Opened in 1984 in Agincourt, Scarborough, Dragon Centre was North America’s first indoor Chinese mall. Its developers — brothers Daniel and Henry Hung, originally from Hong Kong — adapted an old roller-skating rink into a mall serving the Greater Toronto Area’s growing Chinese-Canadian population. Combining Hong Kong’s dense commercial markets and the big box North American shopping mall, Dragon Centre...