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TCA Award

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The Toronto Construction Association awarded Vanbot’s Construction Corporation the 2007 “Best of the Best” award for Project Achievement in the completion of Renaissance ROM. As part of the project team, ERA Architects received a Certificate of Excellence from the Toronto Construction Association for contributions to the project....

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COVID-19 and ERA Architects: Our Work Plan

To our clients and colleagues during the COVID-19 pandemic

by ERA Architects

...on call and fully mobilized. Required in person meetings, such as architectural site visits, will be conducted following best practices in health, and in partnership with clients and constructors to ensure the health and safety of all parties. Be assured that ERA’s commitment to you is to keep the caliber of work high; to understand and respond to changes beyond...

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ERA’s Big Day Out: We’re Launching Our 1st Annual Firm-wide Conference on March 3rd, 2017

by ERA Architects

...Builders / Agents Of Civic Values Workshop 1.4: Best Practices in Architectural Drawings and Detailing Workshop 1.5: Conservation Process: Theory And Practice Workshop 1.6: Design Studio: Fundamentals Of House Planning – f u t u r e d i r e c t i o n s a n d g r o w t h – 3:20 – WORKSHOP...

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Sabina Ali & Graeme Stewart Speak to ‘Modern Tower Blocks and the 21st Century City’

by ERA Architects

...engage policy-makers and members of the public through research, development and calls-to-action. It shone a light on the under-estimation of the importance of these towers as vast, vertical communities whose social and structural preservation are imperative in meeting the challenges of the city’s demand for greater density and enhanced quality of life amid dwindling resources. Toronto’s Tower block urbanism is...

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The (Lane)way Forward: Exploring the Potential of Under-Served Public Space

by ERA Architects

...of Park People, Jessica Myers of the Junction BIA, Jonathan Morrice of Toronto Police Service’s 55 Division, Mark van Elsberg, Public Realm Section, City of Toronto, and Monica Wickeler, a visual artist who works in street art and murals. The Laneway Project – a not-for-profit corporation – champions change, initiating action through a grassroots approach, specializing in ‘tweets to shovels’...

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Thorncliffe Park – Café and Market in the Park

by ERA Architects

Throughout September 2016, Thorncliffe Park will host a cultural café, music, art and storytelling circles in its R.V. Burgess Park. These events, taking place each Saturday of the month, are spearheaded by the Thorncliffe Park Action Group (TAG), a dynamic collective responsible for the cultural café, and their supporting partner organization, Diasporic Genius. For the second year, ERA has been...

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United Way AGM: Graeme Stewart’s Keynote Address

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...Poverty, which focuses much-needed attention on poverty, equity, and quality-of-life issues experienced by residents of high-rise housing. We continue to work together with the City of Toronto and other partners to achieve positive change in Toronto’s hundreds of tower block communities through research, policy change, and real action. The kickstart this strategy, the Untied Way Toronto has announced $800,000 in...

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Evergreen Brick Works Demonstrates How Revived Heritage Spaces Create Sustainable Cities

by ERA Architects

The 53,000-square-foot kiln building at Evergreen Brick Works is set for a conversion that will create a collaboration zone to aid in building sustainable cities, with a target of developing systems and technologies for reducing carbon emissions. To set the standard, project partners EllisDon, Brookfield Global Integrated Systems, CRH Canada, Levitt Goodman Associates Architectural Partners and ERA Architects will strive...

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Tower Renewal Solutions on CBC Radio

by ERA Architects

...rental stock, and provide affordable housing to millions of Canadians. Now is the time to explore innovative strategies for transitioning these aging apartment tower neighbourhoods to meet the demands of our 21st century cities. Tower Renewal is a strategy for action. For more information on Tower Renewal, visit TowerRenewal.com For more information on the current Ken Soble Tower Project in...

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East Scarborough Storefront

by ERA Architects

...the Storefront with its neighbours and the community at large through a new vision for its surrounding environment and landscape. Situated in the centre of a Tower Neighbourhood, the revitalization of the Storefront is an example of Tower Renewal in action. The ongoing design process is one that is based on collaboration, idea sharing, and collective participation. Multiple (and ongoing)...

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OCAD U visits ERA

by ERA Architects

...on-the-ground action, Tower Renewal works to create positive change in Toronto’s tower-block neighbourhoods. As Toronto continues to grow and develop, we consider it essential to engage the city’s youth and University students in the principals that anchor Tower Renewal: equity, opportunity, cultural heritage, sustainability, and quality of life. Thanks to Shawn Micallef and his students for their attention, enthusiasm, and...

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Interior of University College Library from second floor balcony.
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University College: Revitalization and Accessibility 

by ERA Architects

...  photo: doublespace photography What of ERA’s unique skillset & capabilities made this a good fit for the firm?  BERG: Our knowledge of historic construction was crucial, as was our spirit of collaboration. The context demanded that the contemporary interventions be stitched carefully into the existing fabric. By working as architects in association with our partners at Kohn Shnier, we...

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