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ACO Awards to Don Jail and Taylor House

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...a period of disuse, the Jail was rehabilitated and adapted to serve as the administrative office for Bridgepoint Active Heathcare. This project involved a huge team including +VG, KPMB, Stantec, Diamond Schmitt, HDR, Urban Strategies, and many others. Learn more about the project in our online portfolio. Thanks to the ACO and our collaborators, and congratulations to all the winners....

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Toronto the Good 2010

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...Micallef Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto NFB Filmmaker-in-residence Katerina Cizek The Thousandth Tower web documentary Wednesday May 26, 2010 _ 6pm to midnight free admission to the party _ catering by David Vallee _ cash bar York Quay Centre at Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West For more information please visit: http://www.era.on.ca http://www.readings.org Save the date – further details...

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

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...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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Hamilton‘s 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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2008 Holcim Awards

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The Evergreen Brick Works received an acknowledgement prize at the 2008 Holcim Awards for sustainable construction. Please follow the link below for more information. http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T796/A08NA-AckC.htm...

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Creative Space & Urban Stone: Public Talk

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...to pursue a creative career in art for a wider public. Flexibility has always been an asset in David’s practice when creating works in a public space. Every client & every different situation requires a unique design solution. Combining creativity with a playfulness of technique and form has always been at the heart of his process. Two public projects that...

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Ontario Place in docomomoUS

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...Ontario Place; and subsequently a long-term vision for the site, which will see new investment and approaches to landscape, architecture, and management. The redevelopment offers an important opportunity to revitalize an extraordinary piece of modern design, and to bring new life to a unique space on Toronto’s harbour. For the full article, please see docomomoUS newsletter. Photos courtesy Zeidler Partnership....

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Arrival City: Bookclub and Webinar, Mar 13

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...other questions as part of the many Bookclub events. The webinar will be available at http://citiesofmigration.ca/webinar/towerrenewal/. To get caught up on the Bookclub so far, please see citybuilderbookclub.org. To read Doug Saunders’ 2014 article on Canada’s tower neighbourhoods, see the Globe & Mail online. A description of the event from the organizer brief, is as follows: March 13, 2015 Webinar:...

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Michael McClelland at the Getty: Toronto Towers

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...Stats in Canada.” Accessed January 18th, 2013. http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/jufa/jufa_031.cfm English Heritage. 2009. “Government Review of Policies Relating to the Historic Environment.” Accessed January 15, 2013. http://www.britarch.ac.uk/info/ehreview15.html. Faludi, Eugene. 1963. “Report on Apartment Building Development in East Annex Planning District.” Toronto: E. G. Faludi and Associates, Town Planning Consultants Ltd. Ministry of Culture. 2006. “Heritage Property Evaluation.” Accessed January 15, 2013. http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/Heritage_Tool_Kit_HPE_Eng_large.pdf....

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TALLINN–TORONTO: The Influence of Estonian Modernism in Shaping Toronto

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...Architecture. Toronto in Estonian: Section of exhibition at the Museum of Estonian Architecture. For more on on Toronto’s Estonian modernism, the works of Prii and other Estonian Canadian architects feature strongly in both Concrete Toronto https://www.eraarch.ca/project/concrete-toronto/ (ERA / Coach House) and the Concrete Toronto Map https://bluecrowmedia.com/collections/architecture-maps/products/concrete-toronto-map (ERA / Bluecrow Media). Also see an article by the Globe & Mail’s Dave...

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Toronto the Good 2017

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...us at 5:30pm for a keynote by author and journalist Doug Saunders. Shuttle buses will be running between Broadview Station and the Evergreen Brick Works throughout the duration of the event. When: Thursday, October 5th, 2017, 6:00 – 10:00pm. Where: Evergreen Brick Works Register here through Eventbrite. Click here for more information on the Tower Renewal Partnership and its work....

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