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Best New Rental Development

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ERA is pleased to announce that Jazz by Concert Properties was selected as the Best New Rental Development High-Rise at the 6th Annual MAC Awards held by the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO). ERA worked with Burka Varacalli Architects as the Heritage Architect for this project. http://jazzbyconcert.com/...

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Concrete Toronto

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...in the fall of 2007, the collection includes the insights of many of the original architects, today’s leading engineering firms, industry, university faculty, local practitioners and journalists. Including new and archival photographs, drawings, interviews, articles and case studies, Concrete Toronto celebrates architecture, and celebrates concrete! To pre-order a copy of the book please contact Christina at Coach House Books, christina@chbooks.com...

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New Vision Church Preaches to the Converted as ‘The Music Hall’ (with new video link)

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...attend. Please come with your ideas for transformation! The schedule for the evening: 5:00pm – Doors open 5:15pm – Welcome and prayer offering, organ fanfare and showcase by Shawn Grenke 5:25pm – Greetings from City Econ. Dev. Director Glen Norton and Ward Councilor Jason Farr 5:45pm – Violin performance by Lance Ouellette 6:15pm – Hamilton Community Choir performance 6:40pm –...

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Wall of books of many sizes and ages
Ideas & Issues

Diving Into the ERA Library—Part 1 

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...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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Measure up

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Edwin Heathcote questions the contemporary trend of ranking cities in a very interesting article on the Financial Times.com Ricky Burdett, who founded the London School of Economics’ Cities Programme, says: “These surveys always come up with a list where no one would want to live. One wants to live in places which are large and complex, where you don’t know...

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Heritage at Home

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ERA Associate and Architectural Conservation Lead, Jan Kubanek, has managed and consulted on immense, complex projects like the Government Conference Centre in Ottawa and Toronto’s Union Station—and like so many other Canadians has also faced the unforeseen complexities of his own home renovation. It’s hard to find a more capable person to offer advice on renovating your heritage home. Jan...

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The Star’s Big Ideas: GTA’s future in high-rise suburbs

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...piece can be found at Here at thestar.com, or below: Image: Toronto Star The GTA can evolve into a network of diverse, interconnected and vibrant “town centres” dotting the suburban landscape from Oshawa to Hamilton. What if …… our suburbs are our future? What if the communities of Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke are the Toronto Region’s greatest urban asset,...

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Growing Pains: An Evergreen Cityworks and The Globe and Mail Documentary on Urban Growth

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-VWGaakiHg ‘As our population continues to grow, how will the region accommodate both present and future needs?’ This is the question that Growing Pains asks after summarizing how urban growth in the greater horseshoe evolved over the past half century and in light of the prospect of another two million residents arriving in the region over the next 20 years....

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Wallpaper Review

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The Concrete Toronto Book has made it to the Wallpaper website. Please see below for the link to the full http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/book-concrete-toronto/2118...

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Ballenford

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“Book store facing final chapter” Article by Christopher Hume The Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/article/408973...

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TSA’s Urban Affairs Forum, “Generosity by Design”

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...Helena Grdadolnik from Workshop Architecture “To be generous is to balance” Finally, ERA’s Philip Evans moved the conversation outside of the urban realm to rural communities, speaking about the Culture of Outports and small programs he has been running since 2010 (cultureofsmall.com). small aims to identify methods to help rural communities transition from natural resource-based economies to diversified, cultural resource-based...

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The RAC Zone is recognized with an Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) Award for Excellence in Planning

by ERA Architects

...start of new way for social agencies, local communities, architects, and the City to work together towards a brighter Toronto. The OPPI Award for Excellence in Planning – Municipal Statutory Planning Studies, Reports and Documents award ‘recognizes excellence in all aspects of the profession and the high caliber of work by professional planners within communities across the province’, as stated...

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