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United Way AGM: Graeme Stewart’s Keynote Address
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On Thursday, June 21, ERA’s Graeme Stewart addressed United Way’s AGM as keynote speaker. In 2010, ERA and CUG+R published Tower Neighbourhood Renewal in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, which looks at a broad range of historical trends, planning issues, sustainability concerns, social needs, and opportunity for renewal in and around Toronto’s tower block neighbourhoods. In 2011, United Way published Vertical...
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The 34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards
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We are pleased to announce that the Heritage Toronto Board has selected the following ERA projects as finalists in the upcoming 34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards. Wesley Building at 299 Queen Street West (William Greer Architectural Conservation & Craftsmanship Award) Regal Road Public School Portico (William Greer Architectural Conservation & Craftsmanship Award) Concrete Toronto: A Guide Book to Concrete Architecture...
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34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards
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On Monday October 27th, ERA Architects Inc. received an Award of Excellence for the Wesley Building (299 Queen Street West). ERA also received an honourable mention for the Regal Road School Portico project. Concrete Toronto received an Award of Excellence in the book category. Scott Weir was honoured with an Award of Merit for his “What Lies Beneath” series, that...
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Three New Principals and Expanding Leadership at ERA
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...of experience, Jan has worked on a large number of projects including the McGill New Vic Project in Montreal, the Senate of Canada in Ottawa (formerly Ottawa’s Union Station), Ilot Bonsecours in Old Montréal and a number of heritage studies for the Société québécoise des infrastructures. Ya’el is a practice lead at ERA in Toronto who specializes in affordable...
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The community that could: The Storefront shares its story
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Recently the East Scarborough Storefront published a report documenting a number of aspects of their path to neighbourhood renewal. Since the Storefront’s approach has proven so successful, this report is very valuable for other communities interested in making some positive changes to the neighbourhood. Since the late 1990s, the East Scarborough Storefront has been facilitating community-driven services and initiatives to...
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Toronto the Good: Great!
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...a number of venues, each year based on a different theme. Last year at the Carlu focused on Detroit and Toronto as neighbour cities; 2012 at Fort York focused on the bicentennial of the War of 1812; other years have focused on books, awards, city planning, and special initiatives such as Tower Neighbourhood Renewal. This year’s party centered around the...
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Grant Whatmough 1921-1999
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...in Ontario. His focus was on suburban and estate homes, though he also completed a number of commercial projects. Not satisfied with established building contractors, Whatmough also founded a small construction company to execute his commissions. He revisited his earlier interest in marine design in completing a floating offshore drilling rig, tug and fire boats, and a research vessel for...
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Charrette: Healthy Corner Stores
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...policies for Apartment Neighbourhoods in the GTA. The new zoning, which is expected to launch in several key Toronto neighbourhoods in 2014, will open up a number of exciting possibilities for residents of our inner suburbs, including expanded opportunities for fresh food distribution. For example, RAC zoning will permit corner stores to engage the public realm more actively, to develop...
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Planting for an elevated bioswale in Scarborough
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...will be transferred in sections to a number of modular containers and raised to the roof level. The roof itself is to be constructed of chain-link fence fabric found onsite and suspended in a catenary curve. Once the swale is up and functioning we will monitor the system for quality and quantity of water provided. Thanks to our Community.Design.Initiative mentors...
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Attend Ryerson Planning Expo, March 23
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...Spearn, Chief Development Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation; City of Toronto Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, Michael Shapcott, Director of Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute, and many others. Ryerson is making a number of tickets available to students from other institutions as well as members of the public. To attend, please register for the event. See you there!...
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East Scarborough Storefront – WOOD INVENTORY
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...for use later in the year. Despite the cold, spirits were high, and we got through about half of the wood (and a number of pizza’s). We will be planning a second wood inventory day on an upcoming Saturday in April to finish the job. *by all accounts two and a half year old Junior ERA team member Quinn exceeded...
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Re-imagining Prairie Grain Elevators (by guest blogger Ali Piwowar)
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This past Friday, I was invited to present my master of architecture thesis to ERA Architects. My thesis, titled “Living Heritage: Re-imagining Wooden Crib Grain Elevators in Saskatchewan,” explores the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the iconic wooden grain elevators across the Canadian Prairie. The number of elevators in Saskatchewan peaked in 1938 with over 3,000 elevators; today a...
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