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Casey House is Awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation

by ERA Architects

...the facility first arose. At its heart, the redevelopment of Casey House was a community-inspired and driven initiative, with stakeholders recognizing the importance of their generous contributions. Congratulations to ERA’s project team: Michael McClelland, Edwin Rowse, Scott Weir, Jessie Grebenc, Joey Giaimo, Luke Denison, and Mikael Sydor. Related links: https://www.eraarch.ca/project/239/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/a-hospital-with-heart-that-embraces-its-patients-celebrates-its-grand-reopening/ https://www.eraarch.ca/2017/capitalizing-on-heritage-awarding-conservation-materials-craftsmanship-and-construction/ http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/index.php/media-releases/lieutenant-governors-ontario-heritage-awards-presentation ​Project photos are courtesy of Vik Pahwa....

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Amendments to Heritage Policies in Toronto’s Official Plan

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...comments on Amendment, submitted respectfully on October 1, 2012: www.era.on.ca/pdf/ERA_OP_heritage_policy_comments2.pdf The key authors of this draft include Michael McClelland (Principal and Co-Founder at ERA), Victoria Angel (Senior Heritage Planner at ERA, Dean of the Willowbank School of Restoration, and former Manager of the Federal Heritage Building Review Office), Sydney Martin, and urban planners Julie Tyndorf, George Martin, and Chris Lawless....

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Ward Cabaret

The Ward Cabaret: The sound of Toronto’s first cross-cultural community

by ERA Architects

...the west, Queen to south, and College to the north, was Toronto’s earliest significant immigrant enclave, from the late 19th to the mid 20th century. With Jewish, Irish, Italian, Chinese, African, and a number of other cultures living side by side in great density, the Ward has incredibly rich cultural stories for Toronto. Many of these overlooked stories are captured...

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Repurposed junk: A chicken coop

by ERA Architects

...garden, tending to our beehive, or building a chicken coop. The goal for the chicken coop was to use as many found materials as possible. We did have to buy hinges, insulation, and roofing, but most we were able to salvage: dimension lumber offcuts for the main frame, old flooring for coop siding, baseboards for the drawbridge stile doors (front...

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Heroic Has Arrived

by ERA Architects

...Authors Mark Pasnik, Chris Grimley, and Michael Kubo argue that the architects and designers that created the concrete buildings of Boston had progressive intentions. Professionals, such as Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Henry Cobb, and Araldo Cossutta, and their work are exhibited and discussed in Heroic, highlighting their uniqueness amidst the concrete building boom. Although “brutalist” architecture is a global phenomenon,...

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Toronto the Good 2010

by ERA Architects

ERA is hosting its annual Toronto the Good party with Spacing Magazine, the Toronto Society of Architects, the National Film Board, Ben McNally books, and David Vallee. The Toronto the Good 2010 party will be held concurrently with the Authors at Harbourfront series, that includes presentations from: Margaret and Phil Goodfellow A Guidebook to Contemporary Modern Architecture in Toronto Shawn...

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A once-popular historic Mackinac Island retreat is in the process of being restored to its former glory

by ERA Architects

...around log veranda with code-compliant replacements, and the complete re-build of the upper two storeys to match the appearance, form and materiality of the original. The project team includes: Scott Weir – Principal Brendan Stewart – Associate Sandford Riley – Project Manager Rui Felix – Landscape Designer Links to related articles: https://mynorth.com/2016/08/historic-mackinac-island-lodge-silver-birches-undergoing-renovations/ https://www.freep.com/story/travel/2016/07/09/grand-hotel-resort-hotel-mackinac/86716566/ https://savingplaces.org/stories/silver-birches-polishing-a-jewel-at-michigans-mackinac-island#.WirAvbQ-dUN Link to related blog post: https://www.eraarch.ca/2016/mission-point-resort/...

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Concrete Toronto Music

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Toronto indie and contemporary musicians get brutalist on iconic city buildings Sunday June 1 2-5pm Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Rd *Free with admission to OSC Or purchase tickets: $20 regular/15$ member INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS RIDE from Music Gallery (meet at 12:45pm) Advance tickets available at: http://www.ticketweb.ca More info: http://www.musicgallery.org Presented by the Music Gallery as part of the...

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Hamiltonβ€˜s Durand Built Heritage Inventory project paper has been published by the ISPRS

by ERA Architects

...cloud, making it accessible throughout the project. Its capabilities facilitated survey work in the field using a tablet, data crunching in the office, and the production of rich visuals that helped describe our findings. Using our database, the collected historical and survey information integrated seamlessly with a geographic information system (GIS) dataset in order to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage...

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Arrival City: Bookclub and Webinar, Mar 13

by ERA Architects

...social services, public transit, healthcare, daycare, fresh food, and commercial and employment opportunities. How do we leverage the potential of these dynamic high-density neighbourhoods that newcomers call home? How can we rethink aspects of how these communities function to build social resiliency, stewardship, adaptability, and new opportunities for residents? On March 13, join Graeme Stewart and friends discussing these and...

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The Ward: A new book, UPDATE

by ERA Architects

...the Pages UnBound Festival features John Lorinc, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Ellen Scheinberg, and ERA’s Michael McClelland. Location: The Randolph Theatre 736 Bathurst Street, Toronto. May 20, 7:00pm – 10:00pm – Official book launch. Details forthcoming. Location: Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Sq., Toronto. May 28, 1:00pm – 2:30pm – The editors of The Ward and several contributors will host...

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2021: Honours & Awards at ERA

by ERA Architects

...the building that were concealed when Union Station was converted to the GCC, such as the theatrical character of the interior procession, the axial progression of spaces, the dramatic use of natural light, and the rich palette of materials, while meeting the project’s functional and technical requirements. In addition, previous insertions in the significant interior spaces, such as the General...

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