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Download North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited

by ERA Architects

...buildings from the original inventory plus additional notable buildings built between 1945 and 1981 in North York. Also included is a proposed heritage policy strategy, biographies of several prominent architects, and an essay on North York’s modernist beginnings. Please note that North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited includes over 300 photographs, and the PDF is quite large. At 32mb, the file...

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Download North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited

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...200 buildings from the original inventory plus additional notable North York buildings built between 1945 and 1981. Also included is a proposed heritage policy strategy, biographies of several prominent architects, and an essay on North York’s modernist beginnings. Please note that North York’s Modernist Architecture Revisited includes over 300 photographs and the PDF is quite large. At 32mb, the file...

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Ideas & Issues

Diving Into the ERA Library—Part 1 

by ERA Architects

...Arlene Chan lays out a comprehensive account of the local Chinese Canadian community’s history with insight from early residents, news clippings, and personal archival records.  ERA has worked with Arlene in the past on The Ward anthology books and she is currently working on an essay about signage in Chinatown for another ERA publishing venture.   LINK: https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781554889792-the-chinese-in-toronto-from-1878  Hurricane Hazel, by...

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76 Howard Street’s Moving Day – Video Update

by ERA Architects

...development of 1000 condos units in the St. Jamestown neighourhood. The team at ERA was on hand to supervise and document the process as it unfolded on Saturday, November 26th. The images that follow represent a chronological photo-essay by Daniel Lewis, Project Manager and Scott Weir, Principal. Check out the article by the Globe and Mail’s Dave Leblanc. Click here....

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“The expression of the mortality of culture is of value to the culture itself.”

by ERA Architects

...how, looking perhaps to the historic writings of Alois Riegl, we might approach a more thorough analysis of our contemporary love of the aesthetics of the ruin – and how that speaks to our collective system of values. Of the theme, Peter J. Thompson has a photo-essay in the National Post, documenting the state of the R.L. Hearn Generating Station....

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Inspiring City Builders of Tomorrow: ERA & Jane’s Walk

by ERA Architects

...Central Technical School, where they shared research strategies, made connections between Toronto and students’ places of origin, and inspired conversation about students’ interests. After a presentation by Jasmine on how to access online information from the Toronto Archives, the students broke into small groups to decide upon stops in the walking tour they wanted to create and research. Three classroom...

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ACO Awards to Don Jail and Taylor House

by ERA Architects

...restoring many of its features and creating interpretive new solutions where restoration wasn’t feasible. Learn more about this project in our online portfolio. Bridgepoint won the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse, which aims to recognize “projects that highlight and incorporate significant heritage structures in fitting and imaginative ways, thereby conserving them for future use and enjoyment.” The Don Jail...

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News & Events

ERA leads the conversation of digital transformation at the Beijing Urban and Architecture Biennale

by ERA Architects

...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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MP Peter Van Loan Supports Heritage Through Private Member’s Bill

by ERA Architects

...the destruction and encourage the rehabilitation of properties that appear on the National Register of Historic Places. Eligibility for the tax credit is based on the Parks Canada standards for the conservation of historic places, requiring the use of a certified architect. In addition to this tax benefit, an accelerated process for the write-off of heritage restoration spending has been...

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Detroit-Toronto Party & Symposium: Carlu, Oct. 25

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...a place. 6 to 11:30 pm Toronto the Good (a party) A party thrown each year by ERA Architects to celebrate Toronto and mull over its history and evolution with fellow architects, designers, thinkers, and urban-minded folk. Free admission; cash bar. No registration necessary; please just rsvp to: [email protected]. For more information regarding both events, please visit www.torontothegood.org or write...

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The Cinesphere at Ontario Place

Ontario Place and the value of cultural heritage sites

by ERA Architects

...of visitors since its opening in 1971 and has remained a familiar and iconic landmark for many Ontarians and visitors.” How can Ontario Place continue to a valuable public space? The World Monuments Fund recognizes this in their write up on the site, outlining the vision of what Ontario Place can once again become. “Through free and public access to...

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Dispatchwork

by ERA Architects

Though perhaps not exactly in-line with the Ministry of Culture’s Ontario Heritage Tool Kit procedures or the guidelines set forth in the Burra Charter, these temporary masonry repairs in Bocchignano, Italy are a series of wonderfully playful gestures. photographs via Jan Vormann ps: How do you write a spec for Lego?...

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