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Heritage at Home

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...eight evening sessions, subjects include residential building typologies, building inspections, planning sustainable renovations, and how to deal with issues of and repairs to foundations, structure, roofs, windows and doors. Jan’s lecture focused on planning and undertaking successful home renovation projects. Watch the Héritage Montréal video below (en français) https://www.facebook.com/heritagemontreal/videos/249081312363741/ or catch his “All in a Weekend” interview on CBC Radio...

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

by ERA Architects

The Tower Renewal RAC Zone, a partnership between ERA Architects, the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal, United Way Toronto & York Region, Toronto Public Health and the City of Toronto, has this week been honoured with an OPPI Award of Excellence. Through research, advocacy, and collaboration, this new zoning framework has been developed and is poised for implementation in...

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ERA Principal Scott Weir Walks Designer Tommy Smythe Through a Few Current Conservation Projects

by ERA Architects

...to related blog post: https://www.eraarch.ca/2016/76-howard-streets-moving-day/ The third project is the adaptive reuse and incorporation of a Jarvis Street mansion into Casey House (project team: Luke Denison, Mikael Sydor, Sanford Riley, Jessie Grebenc, Michael McClelland, Edwin Rowse and Scott Weir) for Casey House Toronto, with Hariri Pontarini Architects Clifford Masonry Ltd is the heritage contractor. Thanks to the Marillyn Dennis show,...

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When Crazy Gets Creative

by ERA Architects

...including workshops, artist-led ‘walkshop’ walking tours, a collaborative art project, and closing event and panel discussion. The pair have also found attentive audiences through public engagement projects at the Yellowknife Artist Run Community Centre, and Create Your Path initiative. In each case, they strive to create an experience that will bring broad communities together, break down barriers, and ignite their...

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Proposed Heritage Policies in the ‘Toronto Official Plan’ Review

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...and Co-Founder at ERA), Victoria Angel (Senior Heritage Planner at ERA, Dean of the Willowbank School of Restoration, and former Manager of the Federal Heritage Building Review Office), Sydney Martin, and urban planners Julie Tyndorf, George Martin, and Chris Lawless. The City wants your opinion on these policies before they go forward for Council’s consideration, and is holding an open...

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Rendez-Vous Maestria: The Restoration of the GCCโ€™s Suspended Ceilings

by ERA Architects

...Maestria, a multi-day event hosted by the Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec. From December 1st to 4th, expertise in craft and built heritage will be celebrated by curators, artisans, designers, architects and the public as they convene to exchange ideas, renew knowledge and showcase innovations in traditional techniques and current practices. Link to GCC: https://www.eraarch.ca/project/government-conference-centre/ Link to Rendez-Vous Maestria:...

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Joseph Bloor: A Celebration to Honour a Prominent City-Builder

by ERA Architects

...England. He lived from 1789–1862, immigrated to Toronto in 1819 and is credited with founding the village of Yorkville. ERA was hired to clean, conserve and erect the plaque commissioned in his honour by members and the congregation of the Bloor Methodist Church. After assessing its condition, it was determined that the original plaque – which is trapezoidal in shape...

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PechaKucha: Tower Renewal 101

by ERA Architects

...in and around Toronto’s Tower Neighbourhoods. PechaKucha is a simple presentation genre where presenters speak about 20 images for 20 seconds each. The method was devised by Tokyo-based architects Klein-Dytham as a way to facilitate dialog and idea generation between architects, designers, and other creative thinkers. To see other presentations, please visit pechakucha.org. For more on Tower Renewal, visit towerrenewal.com...

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Sept. 11: Toronto the Good Party!

by ERA Architects

Toronto the Good is a party thrown each year by ERA Architects and friends to celebrate Toronto and contemplate its history and evolution with fellow architects, designers, thinkers, and urban-minded people. This year: Election Theme! Co-hosted by Dave Meslin and RaBIT Thursday, Sept. 11, 7 to 11 pm at The Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District Join us for free...

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$1M gift to Tafelmusik revitalization

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...increased accessibility and aesthetic improvements, including new lighting and multimedia equipment in the sanctuary. In honour of Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik’s Director of more than three decades, the venue will henceforth be known as Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, Jeanne Lamon Hall. For more information and images on the revitalization project, and to donate to the fundraising campaign, please visit Tafelmusik.org.    ...

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Toronto the Good invades Harbourfront Centre!

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ERA is hosting its annual Toronto the Good party with Spacing Magazine, the Toronto Society of Architects, Ben McNally Books, and David Vallee. The evening will be filled with events including access to all the exhibitions, gallery and building tours and talks, announcement of the TSA poster design competition winner, Harbourfront’s AUTHORS reading series, book signings, music, video installations, food...

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Letters to the Mayor: An outlet for expressions on city-building set amidst a developmental blank canvas

by ERA Architects

...site-specific, use-oriented design. Produced by Design Exchange, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, this inaugural EDIT festival examines the theme of “Prosperity For All” through an array of curated pavilions, talks, and installations. It runs for 11 days, from September 28 – October 8, 2017. For more information on ‘Letters to the Mayor’ visit the exhibition website: http://editdx.org/exhibition/installations/insta-letters-to-the-mayorletters-to-the-developer-partisans...

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