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Projects

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...

Our Yukon Heritage Reserves: Management Priorities Report

...the three sites that offered the highest relative significance and highest potential. A range of additional recommendations were offered for the sites with lesser combinations of potential and significance. The recommendations were organized around site strategies including: adaptive reuse for revenue generation; adaptive reuse for recreation; (adaptive) reuse for interpretation or public art; restoration / stabilization; and network-wide signage or...

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...

Guild Park Columns Guild Park and Gardens

...an important destination for family-friendly, passive recreation, and trail use by a broader catchment area. In 2014, ERA Architects and The Planning Partnership were retained by the City of Toronto to create a Management Plan for the site, providing a comprehensive strategy to help guide the protection, restoration and enhancement of the special character of the site. The report included...

View of the entrance to Lawrence Orton apartment Lawrence-Orton

...and Planners, has been working closely with residents and key stakeholders to develop and execute: Site revitalization master plan Deep energy retrofit and asset renewal of 236-unit apartment tower (complete) and low-rises New infill addition of a city-run daycare Social investment in new indoor and outdoor common areas including courtyard, community rooms, and community sport court The site masterplan, developed...

Mouth of the Creek Park

Today, lake-fill has shifted the waterfront southward, and Garrison Creek has been buried, but in the late 1700s, at the time of European settlement, this lakeshore site featured a promontory ideal for marine defense. It became the location of the first fortification at Fort York, allowing for the founding of Toronto in the protected harbour to the east. Mouth of...

Homewood Health

...and celebrating the cultural heritage landscape of the site. To meet future patient needs, ERA was retained to create a strategy to conserve the historic character of the campus while accommodating new facilities and additional capacity. This work has included the development of a Cultural Heritage Resource Evaluation Report for the overall site. Working with Homewood’s design team and environmental...