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Baist’s Detroit

by ERA Architects

...subdivisions, along with locations of lamp standards, cisterns, fire hydrants and boundaries. Today we at ERA rely on them to show the prior context of a particular site, and they are invaluable tools to illuminate our work. Recently Scott W. acquired the complete bound Baist’s for his hometown, Detroit, entitled “Baist’s Property Atlas of the City of Detroit, Michigan, Complete...

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Workshopping Ideas for the Upcoming Bell Island Build

by ERA Architects

...than 40 years after the last mine on the island closed. Miners aboard the man tram. Photo from Bell Island Mining History. CoO’s Community Builds allow us to work with the community to explore and express the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage through architectural design. Through this, we not only bring together small communities across Canada, but architectural communities as...

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Lieutenant Governor’s Award to Allandale Station

by ERA Architects

ERA is proud to announce that Allandale Station has received a 2014 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation. A new category this year, the award recognizes exceptional work in conserving Ontario’s cultural and/or natural heritage resources through the completion specific projects. ERA and the City of Barrie were recognized for Allandale station, an early 20th century project...

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ERA Excited to be in Montreal!

by admin

...Architectes. Prior to joining the ERA team in 2006, Jan lived in Montreal where he worked in architectural and construction settings, so he’s excited to be back home and reengage with the city. For more information on our office in Quebec, click here. In addition to this new venture, Jan continues to work with ERA on all his Ontario-based projects....

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Tafelmusik renovations unveiled

by ERA Architects

...an Amati, if not a Stradivarius.” In addition to these marked acoustic improvements, the renovation includes new paint and finishes, newly exposed wood floors and ceilings, refurbished ironwork, a new stage, and new, more comfortable, seating. We look forward to continuing our work on site, as Trinity St.-Paul’s moves into a second phase of restorations and renovations in 2014. Recent...

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University of Toronto’s New Secondary Plan

by ERA Architects

...Secondary Plan, which was created by the City of Toronto in 1997. Since then, the University, the City, and the provincial planning framework have evolved, calling for a revised Plan. ERA is collaborating with the University and Urban Strategies to develop the new Secondary Plan. ERA is developing the project’s heritage framework and has established the creation of ‘Character Areas’...

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I thought there were limits: An art show

by ERA Architects

...show, Abraham sought a range of more and less site-specific works that engage the space in different ways: “Like a perpetually falling apple and the expanding ground beneath it, the artworks form a responsive relationship to their site and in so doing reveal specific architectural, temporal and virtual properties of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery.” Works in the show include...

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Ideas & Issues

The Brig: A Reflection on Heritage Week 

by Michael McClelland, principal

...is such an admirable trait. The only person who could direct the Brig was his beautiful wife Carole. I remember working at the Stanley Barracks, where the Toronto Historical Board was located, on an incredibly hot summer day. Carole appeared wearing a huge broad brimmed hat and told the Brig that it was simply too hot for people to work...

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Announcing Founding Principal Edwin Rowse’s retirement from ERA Architects Inc.

by ERA Architects

...Edwin at his retirement party earlier this month. “This is a new dawn for me. Retiring is not walking away. I will always work for ERA’s wellbeing and success.” As Edwin transitions to a Principal Emeritus role with the firm, ERA’s executive team looks forward to continuing to build the firm’s partnership, strongly rooted in connecting heritage conservation to wider...

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Micallef: Canada’s identity, modernist architecture

by ERA Architects

If there is a character that unites Canada across its many regions, says Shawn Micallef of Spacing, it could well be our huge stock of post-war modernist architecture. From well-known innovations such as Montreal’s Habitat ’67, Toronto’s CN Tower, or Burnaby’s Simon Fraser University; to the thousands of lower-profile urban and suburban low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings that serve as...

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