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Urban Design Awards
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...team included: Joe Lobko Architect Inc., du Toit Architects Limited, ERA Architects Inc., Stantec Consulting, Blackwell Bowick Partnership Limited, Michael Dixon-University of Guelph, BA Group, Leber Rubes Inc., Gottschalk + Ash International, The Dalton Company Ltd. Another honourable mention was awarded to Transformation AGO located at 317 Dundas Street West. The project team included: Gehry International, and ERA Architects Inc....
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ERA leads the conversation of digital transformation at the Beijing Urban and Architecture Biennale
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...Urban Renewal: BIM and Adaptive Reuse online forum organized by the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. Curated and hosted by two architects in New York and in Beijing, the 3 hour, highly condensed international panel discussion brought over 1100 international online participants to investigate the relationship between BIM and adaptive reuse projects. Six internationally renowned architectural practices from four different...
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Hamiltonโs Durand Built Heritage Inventory project paper has been published by the ISPRS
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...and Angela Garvey have written a paper on the project’s digital workflow, which they presented at the CIPA International Biennial Symposium in Ottawa this fall. The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing has recently published their paper. Link to Hamilton City Council recommendations: https://www.hamilton.ca/city-planning/heritage-properties/hamilton-built-heritage-inventory-process Link to CIPA International Biennial Symposium: http://www.cipaottawa.org/ For access to the published paper, click here....
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Three lessons from Europe’s independent cultural spaces
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...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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The Signs That Define Toronto: A new book from ERA and Spacingย
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...dismantled to make way for a new residential development at the southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst Streets. Petitions were signed, op-eds were penned, and Facebook groups were formed to protest their removal and share stories of what these signs meant to residents. The conversation turned to heritage preservation and how signage contributes to the visual identity of the city....
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Urban Governance: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar)
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...people and resources to face challenges in the public realm, such as city agencies and outside partners in academic, business, civic, charitable, and community roles about what changes may look like in the areas of governance, investment approaches, and public policy. What’s encouraging is that this level of mobilization is already occurring in related areas. CivicAction’s recent Better City Bootcamp...
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RAC Zoning Approved for 500 Sites
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This June, Toronto City Council approved the proposed Residential Apartment Commercial (RAC) zone. Following a process of nearly two years of research, public consultation, policy development, and advocacy in partnership with United Way, City of Toronto and Toronto Public Health, the RAC zoning will take effect by summer’s end, (barring appeal), in nearly 500 Apartment properties that form dozens of...
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The Star’s Big Ideas: GTA’s future in high-rise suburbs
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...holding the key to achieving the sustainable, resilient and connected community we demand today? Most important, though, is vision and new focus. For example: direct planned transit investment to service Apartment Neighbourhoods; create a policy framework to remove barriers and attract new investment; work with communities to design local initiatives that are supported and development-ready. Not everyone realizes it, but...
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Innovation and the public realm
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...how specific levers in Toronto’s policy landscape (i.e., Section 37 of the Planning Act) and partnership landscape (non-profit, philanthropic, and private groups) could be leveraged to increase the flow of investment. One goal of the research is to expand awareness and understanding of current tools, policies, and approaches, drawing significant lessons for Toronto. This entails exploring the confluence of influences...
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Lisa Prosper, ERA, and cultural landscapes
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...with national and international organizations including UNESCO and ICOMOS on heritage policy and practice. To learn more about her background, career, and ideas, ERA founding principal Michael McClelland sat down with Lisa to explore the evolving relationship between place and heritage frameworks. Michael McClelland: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your work? Lisa Prosper: I am...
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CUG+R at Urban Design London
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Cities internationally are exploring the challenges and opportunities of modern tower blocks and 21st century urban regeneration. Next week Graeme Stewart and Ya’el Santopinto of ERA Architects and the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal will take part in a series of conversations focused on urban regeneration at Urban Design London (UDL) and Oxford University. UDL is a non profit...
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The (Lane)way Forward: Exploring the Potential of Under-Served Public Space
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...social media activism in the realms of planning, urban design, architecture, landscape, communications, research, community engagement and public policy. They would like to see a time-based sharing of spaces: to push laneways to offer an ebb and flow as dynamic, multi-purpose community spaces over a 24-hour cycle. Laneways lie on the marginal edge and are often associated with crime, however...
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