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Grant Whatmough 1921-1999
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...complete record of his career. In honour of Whatmough, this week at ERA our Friday afternoon social hour became Friday afternoon at the movies: we watched an episode of the 1957 CBC program Open House that George had unearthed from the CBC Archives. The show featured interviews with three of Whatmough’s clients, including the Maccabes, and tours of three of...
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Michael McClelland at the Getty: Toronto Towers
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...as much open space as possible on each lot, thereby favouring the tower-in-the-park model. Most of these new towers were constructed on greenfield sites within the city limits and were a deliberate attempt to contain urban sprawl and protect the outlying rural farmlands. So successful were these incentives, that during most of the boom, two apartment units were built for...
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Charrette: Healthy Corner Stores
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...policies for Apartment Neighbourhoods in the GTA. The new zoning, which is expected to launch in several key Toronto neighbourhoods in 2014, will open up a number of exciting possibilities for residents of our inner suburbs, including expanded opportunities for fresh food distribution. For example, RAC zoning will permit corner stores to engage the public realm more actively, to develop...
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Historic farmsteads drive a new rural cultural economy
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...farm in 2011, the owners expanded their offering in 2017, announcing that they would be opening a brewery on site. This decision was instigated by a local tourism boom, Caledon’s population growth, and a desire to encourage people to get outside and engage with agricultural sites in their vicinity. ERA worked with the owners to renovate one of the barns...
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TORONTO the GOOD
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It’s that time of year again for the annual Toronto the Good party presented by ERA Architects, Spacing Magazine, ‘murmur’, and the Toronto Society of Architects! Keep May 15th open in your calendars for another great night of celebration. For details go to http://www.torontothegood.org/ We have good reason to celebrate as ERA has announced the creation of 5 new Associate...
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Tower Renewal
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This past Monday Graeme Stewart and Michael McClelland of ERA presented their ideas for the renewal and environmental upgrade of Toronto’s neglected suburban high-rise neighbourhoods to Toronto’s executive council committee. They demonstrated how re-imagining these buildings, along with the unused open space around them, can considerably improve the social, economic and environmental sustainability of our city and region. Check out...
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Diverse Recognition for ERA for Achievement in the Realms of Architectural Conservancy and Urban Design
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...Hotel was built in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, with ornate exterior terracotta panels, decorative arches, and classical columns. The conservation strategy for the site focused on rehabilitation and restoration, in order to maintain the key architectural features of the building while constructing an addition, ensuring it housed street level commercial uses and remained open to the public. Standards...
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Gaspé: Vernacular Architecture Forum
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...were also impressed by the organization’s deliberately open and changing definition of what constitutes “vernacular architecture.” It was once defined in fairly nostalgic sense, as somehow the more honest product of the people, whoever the people may be. More recent conceptions, however, define vernacular architecture more broadly, as a shifting landscape of ordinary built culture. One day it may mean...
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One Year of ‘The Signs That Define Toronto’
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...That Define: Finding Meaning in Architectures of Exchange,” the exhibition opened to the public on June 29, 2023 at the Design at Riverside Gallery in Cambridge, Ontario. Each project featured a large poster that spanned from floor to ceiling, serving as the figurative “billboard” for the project. The range of work on display spanned from drawings and photographs to interview...
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Maple Leaf Gardens grand (re)opening
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One half of the adaptive reuse of the Gardens is now open! People even lined up over night to be first into the new flagship Loblaws store. Public interest has been at a frenzy, and there is a lot of press about the event; Globe and Mail, CityNews, National Post, etc. A more thorough collection of reactions to come in...
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Innovation and the public realm
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...urban planners, developers, City Councillors, social entrepreneurs, and members from the non-profit and philanthropic sectors. The project showcases innovative ways cities in North America and Europe are financing and developing public and open spaces through cultural planning and place-making frameworks. These examples serve as guideposts for how Toronto may optimize public and private resources for the public realm, such as...
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ACO NextGen Charrette on Mill St.
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...thinc design. The winning team demonstrated a comprehensive approach that utilized the various skillsets of the team members. The open space incorporated a pedestrian path along the historic rail line to connect to surrounding pedestrian and park networks. The scheme also involved the adaptive reuse of the existing heritage building to a market and exhibition space at grade, with artist...
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