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Teaching-based Professionals, Business-based Researchers

by ERA Architects

...experimentation. Firms that encourage this experimental approach include ERA Architects, located in Toronto, Montreal, and Prince Edward County, Claude Cormier + Associés (CC+A) in Montreal, and the Hapa Collaborative in Vancouver. Each of these firms has advanced the field of landscape architecture through collaborative projects and community-based initiatives. For example, ERA has worked with community members to establish the non-profit...

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Colour Washing, Stopping, and Penciling

by Andrew Pruss

...of a slim and regular representation of mortar joints that replicates fine, gauged brickwork (penciling).Working together with Paul Goldsmith of Heritage Restoration, we have reproduced this process on a recent project using a series of in-situ tests applied to sample areas of brickwork.This finishing approach may be used in future conservation work as part of the repair of existing masonry....

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Concrete Toronto on spacing.ca

by ERA Architects

...The magazine advocates taking a closer look at our modernist heritage, and asks that we reevaluate and learn to take care of it as our city matures. To view this series, go to spacing.ca. To buy the book, please visit Coach House Books. Free: Download a poster of 52 Concrete Buildings (33 MB, 50 x 25″, see lower-res image below)....

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Passive House: A new way of working with existing buildings

by ERA Architects

...completion, the project will provide residents with improved comfort and control of their indoor environments, and with the ability to withstand extreme climate events into the future. At its peak, the total energy needed to heat or cool each unit will be the equivalent of the energy needed to run three incandescent light bulbs.  Though a Passive House requires a...

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Grant Whatmough 1921-1999

by ERA Architects

...in Ontario. His focus was on suburban and estate homes, though he also completed a number of commercial projects. Not satisfied with established building contractors, Whatmough also founded a small construction company to execute his commissions. He revisited his earlier interest in marine design in completing a floating offshore drilling rig, tug and fire boats, and a research vessel for...

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Toronto the Good 2010

by ERA Architects

...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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Concrete Toronto Music

by admin

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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Out East

by ERA Architects

Philip and Will recently took a trip out to Halifax, to give a public lecture at the Dalhousie School of Architecture and to introduce the Culture of Outports Free Lab project to the students and faculty. ERA has coordinated and will be leading an intensive two-week design/build studio in the outport community of Burlington, Newfoundland. Plugging into larger provicinal cultural...

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The importance of a heritage designation

by ERA Architects

Chris Selley has an article in today’s National Post discussing the convoluted status of the John B. Maclean House at 7 Austin Terrace, designed by architect John Lyle. On Wednesday, Toronto and East York Community Council recommended that a demolition permit for John B. Maclean House be refused on two separate grounds: under Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act...

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Ghost wall: casting a heritage façade in concrete

by ERA Architects

...final product in glass-fibre reinforced concrete, or GFRC. Segments in storage Mould-making of masonry Silicon mould Gypsum test The final product: GFRC GFRC is light, strong, and renders a high level of detail, showing even the pores and marks of age in the bricks. The new wall will be monochromatic and slightly lighter in tone than the heritage masonry. It...

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Charrette: Healthy Corner Stores

by ERA Architects

...lack easy access to healthy options. ERA has been a partner with the East Scarborough Storefront since 2010, working directly with the local community to design new common and public spaces, and to bring exciting new community programs to the site. We are currently working with all stakeholders, including the Storefront and adjacent property owners, to develop the area into...

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A historic laneway coach house

Uncovering the potential of Toronto’s laneways

by ERA Architects

...shown in this photo of Creative Union Network‘s laneway project. Photo: Andrew Snow Photography. Communities and organizations are looking to revitalize laneways for uses beyond housing. The Laneway Project is helping community groups revitalize their alleys through greening and art projects. The non-profit is also leading a study to test the feasibility of a laneway market in Toronto, and their...

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