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Hermant Building: 19 Dundas Square

...80 percent of the optical industry in Canada. As part of a 40-storey mixed-use redevelopment designed by Diamond Schmidt, ERA worked as heritage architects on both 19 and 21 Dundas Square. Our scope of work included: preservation, restoration, and refurbishment of both buildings, including exteriors and lobbies; restoration and refurbishment of windows, terracotta cladding, and colour scheme for 19 Dundas...

Hermant Building: 21 Dundas Square

The Hermant Building at 21 Dundas Square was designed by Benjamin Brown in 1929. Benjamin Brown is historically significant as the first practicing Jewish architect in Toronto. The 15-storey art-deco-inspired building is a significant landmark at Dundas Square. As part of a 40-storey mixed-use redevelopment designed by Diamond Schmidt, ERA has been working as heritage architects on both 19 and...

People Per Hectare

Density is one of the key tools currently used for planning cities. Architects, planners, and policy makers all use density as a calibration of the city. We want to make our cities better, more vital, more full of possibilities. As our cities change, we want to propose change intelligently. To change intelligently, we need to understand density. For the ERA...

Silver Birches

...were upgraded and made comfortable and robust for 21st century use they retained their historic character. ERA led the restoration and design work with support from a local firm. ERA developed plans, details and selected sympathetic material finishes for the buildings. ERA coordinated consultants, met regularly with the owner and the project team, and reviewed construction progress to ensure the...

Spirit of Sir John A.

...than 40 years, the locomotive was in poor condition. ERA was engaged to restore, piece by piece, the iron work of the locomotive, and to relocate the entire piece to new, sound foundations approximately seven metres away. In addition to facilitating the restoration process, the new base has made possible the construction of a new viewing platform for visitor use....

The Drake Hotel Annex Project

The Drake Hotel is a cultural landmark within Toronto’s Art and Design District. In 2001, the original 1890’s building at Beaconsfield and Queen Street West was reinvented into a unique mixed-use hub where sleeping, dining, nightlife, concerts, retail, and art events collide. Continuing on this success, the Drake Hotel is growing to include the storefront buildings at 1140-1148 Queen Street...

Deda’s Cottage

...well-insulated zone for use in the cooler seasons. The addition houses a wood stove, enlarged kitchen, dining area, bathroom, and bedroom, meshed seamlessly with the existing cottage. The drop-down windows in the new dining room transform it effortlessly from an enclosed space to an open-air screened porch. A large raised deck on the front of the building captures long views...

photo of a large stone house taken from an angle, surrounded by trees Hamilton House

Working with the young and savvy family, ERA designed a functional addition and associated alterations to the Stockbroker Tudor house. Built in 1937, modifications to the registered historic home needed to blend seamlessly blend with the Tudor exterior and the clients’ clear and established vision for the interior. Centered around a large kosher kitchen, the addition solves the clients’ complex...

East Scarborough Storefront East Scarborough Storefront

...the graphics and logo for the court. Other features include a kitchen garden with a patio and grapevine trellis. The community centre also received funding from the MLSE “Team Up” Foundation to design and build an outdoor, multi-purpose sports court. The MLSE/Jumpstart Sports Court is a former parking lot converted for use as multi-functional area for basketball, soccer, performances, and...

The Selby front facade The Selby

The Gooderham Mansion is a landmark building on the corner of Sherbourne and Selby Streets in Toronto’s St. Jamestown neighbourhood. Now a mixed-use space, the top two floors of the building are used as amenity space for The Selby, a purpose-built rental tower developed by Tricon Capital. The ground and basement floors house a restaurant and retail space. Built in...

Mirvish and Gehry on King St. West

For this project, sited on King near John St. in Toronto’s entertainment district, David Mirvish and Frank Gehry propose a three-building residential and mixed-use complex including OCAD University’s “Princess of Wales Centre for Visual Arts,” as well as a new public art gallery. The new gallery will make available for the first time David Mirvish’s unique collection of large-scale modern...

What lies beneath: Article series by Scott Weir

...The charm of the Gothic cottage Toronto’s house next door: The bay-and-gable, a Toronto mainstay Mansard made easy: Workers’ cottages to sprawling mansions: the Second Empire style Torontonian to the core: The smorgasbord of the Annex House The beauty of function: Arts and Crafts’ use of nature, skill, and quality materials From India to Toronto: Craftsman bungalows: treat with a...