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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...

Mirvish Village

Honest Ed’s and Mirvish Village have been fixtures of Toronto’s Bloor and Bathurst neighbourhood for more than 60 years. The famed discount retailer, and public realm created by Markham Street’s adaptive reuse as a cultural and commercial enclave in the 1960s, evolved through the influence of the Mirvish Family and neighbourhood communities, including the Afro-Caribbean community. ERA is part of...

Sisters of St. Joseph: Taylor House

This building, sited on the east bank of Toronto’s Don River, was constructed in 1885 for John F. Taylor, founder of the Don Valley Brick Works. The building was designed in the Queen Anne style by architect D.B. Dick, and is constructed from local brick on a stone base. Over many years of use, the building had undergone many additions...

Alma College Square

...a landscaped, campus-like setting. The original entry gates and their fine metalwork and lanterns will be restored with the original axial entry garden. The amphitheatre will be restored for use by the new residential community. To anchor the entire ensemble a sculptural interpretation of the original central spire of the College building will be placed in the spire’s original location,...

Five Corners

...mixed use loft development. Five Corners is a designated heritage property. ERA wrote a Cultural Heritage Adjacency Impact Statement, Heritage Impact Statement, Conservation Plan and assisted in drafting the Heritage Easement Agreement for the site. Work included preparing to dismantle and reconstruct the façade of the warehouse building at 6 Church Street, which had originally been constructed on wooden foundations....

Guild Park Columns Guild Park and Gardens

...an important destination for family-friendly, passive recreation, and trail use by a broader catchment area. In 2014, ERA Architects and The Planning Partnership were retained by the City of Toronto to create a Management Plan for the site, providing a comprehensive strategy to help guide the protection, restoration and enhancement of the special character of the site. The report included...

Casey House Ramp: 9 Huntley St.

...gentle slope and guardrail height required by law. The new ramp uses a varying array of posts that plays on the aesthetic of the porch rail of Casey House. This design allows a degree of transparency to the heritage fabric behind, and allows dappled sunlight to reach the House’s garden, which is landscaped with aromatic plants and flagstone stepping stones....

Brampton Heritage Theatre

The Heritage Theatre, formally the Capital Theatre, has a long history within the city of Brampton. Built in 1923 to feature silent movies and then transformed into a performance theatre, it has a long legacy in being host to up-and-coming stars. The construction of the new Performing Arts Centre nearby marked the development of Brampton’s Heritage Theatre Block. In anticipation...

Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives acquired the Jared Sessions House from the Toronto Children’s Aid Society, to be renovated for use as their permanent headquarters. The house was built in 1859-60, and is listed on the City of Toronto’s inventory of heritage properties. ERA developed a conservation strategy for the building, allowing it to be adapted to the requirements...

Casey House

...“home”. Accessibility solutions, structural modifications, complex building service distribution, and healthcare standards were integrated in a thoughtful manner that preserves the character of the historic building. ERA’s expertise in heritage conservation and adaptive reuse was brought to peel back the layers of alterations and unsympathetic treatments from the building to painstakingly restore what had been lost integrate stringent hospital requirements....