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Download North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited

by ERA Architects

Download the full 2010 edition of North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited in PDF format. A hard-copy of this booklet was made available at the November 9th, 2010 North York Modernist Architecture Forum. North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited is an extension of and complements ERA’s 2009 reprinting of the original 1997 report and inventory. It includes current photographs of over 200...

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Download North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited

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Download the full 2010 edition of North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited in PDF format. This file holds the colour version of the hard-copy booklet made available at the November 9th, 2010 North York Modernist Architecture Forum. The document is an extension of and complements ERA’s 2009 reprinting of the original 1997 report and inventory. It includes current photographs of over...

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WexPOPS: Pop-up Plaza

by ERA Architects

...Kickstarter Fund, the big idea of the project is to test the viability of exchanging parking spots for community gathering space, all on private commercial property. It’s a new take on POPS — privately owned public space — experimenting with the city building potential that commercial business owners can exercise by enhancing community life in the neighbourhoods they serve, while...

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Michael McClelland at the Getty: Toronto Towers

by ERA Architects

...different demographics that occur today. The evaluation of heritage resources has always relied on an appreciation of the resource by a community, and it is the community that gives the cultural resource its significance. The provincial criteria for establishing cultural value repeatedly emphasizes value based on its relevance to a community. But traditionally the community interested in heritage has not...

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ERA and Dalhousie Complete Newfoundland Free Lab

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...and social gathering. The studio course engaged with the local community to formalize this site, with the aim of creating a permanent asset for the city and a new gathering place for the people of Burlington. For more, please see the Free Lab Project Page. To follow the project as it took shape, please see the Culture of Outports tumblr....

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62 – 64 Charles Street: The Lost Craft of Tuck-pointing Returns

by ERA Architects

...honoured last fall with a 2017 CAHP Award of Excellence —Materials, Craftsmanship and Construction. ERA is continuing to feature this technique prominently through work on the Selby Hotel at 592 Sherbourne, which is set to be completed in the summer. For more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxPc6_2R-Hc Article by Dave LeBlanc in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/the-lost-art-of-tuckpointing-reborn-intoronto/article37802073/ Related content: https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/capitalizing-on-heritage-awarding-conservation-materials-craftsmanship-and-construction/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/era-learns-the-fine-art-of-tuckpointing-from-a-melbourne-based-master/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2012/tuckpointing-a-note-on-detail/  ...

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Proposed Heritage Policies in the ‘Toronto Official Plan’ Review

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...The Official Plan heritage policies are available for review on the City website, at: www.toronto.ca/opreview/pdf/opreview_proposed_heritage_policy.pdf Linked below, we respectfully submit comments on the current proposed policies, and a draft counter-proposal – a goals-based policy document that can significantly improve the delivery of heritage services in the City of Toronto. www.era.on.ca/pdf/ERA_OP_heritage_policy_comments.pdf The key authors of this draft include Michael McClelland (Principal...

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ERA Principal Graeme Stewart addresses a crowd in front of Ken Soble Tower alongside MP Adam Vaughan during the May 21, 2019 National Housing Strategy announcement.

Affordable, High Efficiency Tower Living

by ERA Architects

...transformations in Canada, the Ken Soble Tower will pave the way for the nation’s aging housing supply – shifting the conversation from aging affordable housing as a liability to affordable housing as a district landmark. Read Alex Bozikovic’s take on the project in the Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-a-hamilton-ont-public-housing-tower-gets-a-new-life-as-a-green/#comments Read more about this project and about Passive House standards: https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2019/03/hamiltons-ken-soble-tower-rebirth-passive-house-first https://www.chch.com/city-seeks-new-retrofit-for-ken-soble-tower-on-hamilton-harbour/...

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Welcome to Blackhurst Street at Markham House

by ERA Architects

...M6G 2L8 Media Links Welcome to Blackhurst Street Exhibition Hashtag #WelcomeToBlackhurst Westbank Websites westbankcorp.com Social Media @westbankcorp Hashtag #buildingartistry Markham House: City Building Lab Websites markhamhousecbl.com / mirvish-village.com Social Media @villagemirvish Chinedu Ukabam Website supafrik.com Twitter @Chinedesign Social Media @SUPAFRIK ERA Architects Website www.eraarch.ca Social Media @eraarch Media contact Westbank Felicia Morrison, coordinator Main 416 583 5888 ext. 2001 felicia@westbankcorp.com...

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On the grill

by ERA Architects

ERA celebrated the summer season with grilled food and cold drinks at the firm’s annual BBQ yesterday. Once again Andrew generously provided his back yard for the festivities, which always seem to take place on the hottest day of the summer. All the new ERA-babies made for a really wonderful family atmosphere this year. More photos after the jump.. Alec...

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Planting for an elevated bioswale in Scarborough

by ERA Architects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD6PF5UUGoY On a recent pleasant day in June, ERA joined green roof expert Atom Cianfarani and a group of community youth to plant a nursery in preparation for the future construction of an unusual green-roof shade structure at the East Scarborough Storefront. Over the past year, we have been working with the Storefront, Sustainable.TO, ArchiTEXT, various volunteers, and youth participants...

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Ideas & Issues

Three lessons from Europe’s independent cultural spaces

by Daniel Rotsztain, artist in residence

...the City of Amsterdam has started a “Free Space” initiative, exploring ways the municipality can contribute to the continued operation of its several at-risk independent cultural centres. Through policy, tax relief, and space leasing, the municipality has committed to protecting existing and at-risk “free space” initiatives, supporting the establishment of new free spaces, and integrating independent cultural spaces into the...

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