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Tower Renewal in 2017
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...housing rehabilitation and neighbourhood growth planning. 6. The Tower Renewal Action Forum brought together international experts and local city-builders to explore innovative strategies for transitioning aging tower neighbourhoods to meet the demands of our 21st century cities with welcome remarks from Mayor of Toronto, John Tory and the Minister of Housing, Peter Milczyn. 7. 500 tower sites in the City...
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6th Canadian German Conference on Energy Efficient Retrofits in Buildings
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...and expertise on energy efficiency. The Tower Renewal initiative is working with the German Chamber through a research partnership to promote energy conservation in the building sector and to explore the current potential for energy efficient retrofits. Through local and international research related to the state of art in low energy building retrofit, ERA has developed an ongoing relationship with...
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Evergreen Brickworks film wins Hotdocs award
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...recently received two awards at the International Documentary Challenge. Each film must be 5 minutes long, filmed within the same five days at the beginning of March, and based on the theme of “cycles.” The entry by team Made-in-Toronto received the award for best writing and Best Use of Genre (Social Issue/Political). Congratulations! See the video at International Documentary Challenge....
Read MoreTafelmusik to revitalize home venue
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...remarkable work of Romanesque Revival architecture that has become a much-loved local venue and a centre for progressive community engagement. Tafelmusik has used Trinity-St. Paul’s as its home venue since its founding in 1981, and over the years has achieved international prominence as a period performance ensemble. By embarking on the new revitalization program, Tafelmusik will raise the quality of...
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A Field Guide to Tactical Heritage Urbanism
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ERA Architects, in conjunction with the Canadian National Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS Canada), is proud to announce the launch of “A Field Guide to Tactical Heritage Urbanism”. Tactical heritage urbanism is a collection of economically accessible, temporary initiatives enacted by citizens to introduce and celebrate the stories and experiences that collectively constitute their community’s...
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Powers of Towers: New video starring Graeme Stewart and Sabina Ali
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...jointly awarded the 2014 Jane Jacobs Prize, also presented by Spacing magazine. For several years, Graeme has been leading big-picture strategic thinking for Tower Renewal in Toronto. This has involved a range of street-level research, analysis, and consultation, as well involvement in city-planning initiatives and policy change. Since 2008 Sabina has been leading her community to create new ways of...
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Our Evolving Leadership Team
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...Tyndorf Associate As an experienced development planner in Toronto, Julie offers valuable insight into the municipal approvals process, and specializes in the interpretation and preparation of complex policy and assessment documents. Beyond these technical abilities, Julie embraces a collaborative approach to planning that values diversity, vibrancy, and sustainability of both culture and built form. Julie has played a key role...
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Sabina Ali & Graeme Stewart Speak to โModern Tower Blocks and the 21st Century Cityโ
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...engage policy-makers and members of the public through research, development and calls-to-action. It shone a light on the under-estimation of the importance of these towers as vast, vertical communities whose social and structural preservation are imperative in meeting the challenges of the city’s demand for greater density and enhanced quality of life amid dwindling resources. Toronto’s Tower block urbanism is...
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Graeme Stewart on โImagine a Cityโ
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...Renewal (CUG+R), the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Toronto Public Health, and United Way Toronto. Toronto Neighbourhood Renewal aims to build healthier, happier tower neighbourhoods by researching and documenting local urban issues, advocating for social justice in city building, and effecting policy changes that can bring new life to these communities. To read more about this program, please see...
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Big Cities in a ‘small’ Context
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...cultural economy. These continuing cross-border conversations help us develop a deeper understanding of our possible reciprocal contributions to both sustainable city-building and the sustainability of smaller places, those often overlooked by broader policy supports. It is the conversations of the next generation of leaders, their priorities and principles which need to be reflected in the development of our communities today....
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Three New Principals and Expanding Leadership at ERA
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...in heritage and planning policy, as well as through specific projects. Lyndsey‘s primary role at ERA has been engaged with the residential sector including new build and additions to single family dwellings, cottage compounds, country house design, and the rehabilitation of existing structures for private clients. Sensitive, responsive and sustainable techniques are always at the core of her design sensibility. ...
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Investing in the Public Realm: A Joint MITACS Project (by guest blogger Jeff Biggar)
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...network of public spaces. Planners, researchers, architects and other city builders have a good sense of how people perceive, inhabit, and move around in cities, but supporting this orientation through policy, investment and urban design is no small feat. So, how is Toronto doing in terms of making investments in the public realm, and what sort of challenges lie before...
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