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‘Ovi Maps’ launches

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Fully 3D. Mind-blowing. maps.ovi.com...

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ULD London – Graeme Stewart Showcases Toronto at London institution’s 15th Anniversary event

by ERA Architects

...Esther Kurland, UDL’s director. Speakers included: London: Patricia Brown, Director, Central Toronto: Graeme Stewart Principal, ERA Architects, Director, Centre for Urban Growth & Renewal Paris: Paul Lecroart Senior Urban Planner, Paris Regional Planning Agency Auckland: George Weeks Senior Urban Designer, Auckland Council New York: Sky Duncan, Global Designing Cities Director, NACTO For more information about Urban Design London, visit urbandesignlondon.com....

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PechaKucha of the day

by ERA Architects

...place in and around the city. 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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Best New Rental Development

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ERA is pleased to announce that Jazz by Concert Properties was selected as the Best New Rental Development High-Rise at the 6th Annual MAC Awards held by the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO). ERA worked with Burka Varacalli Architects as the Heritage Architect for this project. http://jazzbyconcert.com/...

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Concrete Toronto

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...in the fall of 2007, the collection includes the insights of many of the original architects, today’s leading engineering firms, industry, university faculty, local practitioners and journalists. Including new and archival photographs, drawings, interviews, articles and case studies, Concrete Toronto celebrates architecture, and celebrates concrete! To pre-order a copy of the book please contact Christina at Coach House Books, christina@chbooks.com...

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New Vision Church Preaches to the Converted as ‘The Music Hall’ (with new video link)

by ERA Architects

...attend. Please come with your ideas for transformation! The schedule for the evening: 5:00pm – Doors open 5:15pm – Welcome and prayer offering, organ fanfare and showcase by Shawn Grenke 5:25pm – Greetings from City Econ. Dev. Director Glen Norton and Ward Councilor Jason Farr 5:45pm – Violin performance by Lance Ouellette 6:15pm – Hamilton Community Choir performance 6:40pm –...

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Measure up

by ERA Architects

Edwin Heathcote questions the contemporary trend of ranking cities in a very interesting article on the Financial Times.com Ricky Burdett, who founded the London School of Economics’ Cities Programme, says: “These surveys always come up with a list where no one would want to live. One wants to live in places which are large and complex, where you don’t know...

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The Star’s Big Ideas: GTA’s future in high-rise suburbs

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...piece can be found at Here at thestar.com, or below: Image: Toronto Star The GTA can evolve into a network of diverse, interconnected and vibrant “town centres” dotting the suburban landscape from Oshawa to Hamilton. What if …… our suburbs are our future? What if the communities of Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke are the Toronto Region’s greatest urban asset,...

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TSA’s Urban Affairs Forum, “Generosity by Design”

by ERA Architects

...Helena Grdadolnik from Workshop Architecture “To be generous is to balance” Finally, ERA’s Philip Evans moved the conversation outside of the urban realm to rural communities, speaking about the Culture of Outports and small programs he has been running since 2010 (cultureofsmall.com). small aims to identify methods to help rural communities transition from natural resource-based economies to diversified, cultural resource-based...

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The Broadview Hotel is Awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation

by ERA Architects

...building at the northwest corner of Queen and Broadview that functioned as a community hub for clubs, businesses, athletics and site for the public engagement of city-developing events. It was completed in 1891-2 by oilman and soap maker Archibald Dingman in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture The building, formerly known as Dingman’s Hall, anchors the end of a commercial...

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Culture of Outports to Botwood, NL

by ERA Architects

...roughly 3000, making it the largest community we have worked with to date. Over the next three months, we will be collecting data, combing archives, studying maps and development patterns, and examining Botwood’s cultural, military, and industrial histories in hopes of finding inspiration for the build. Please visit CultureOfOutports.com for more information on this initiative; stay tuned for more updates....

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We’re off to Botwood, Nfld.

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...facing economic and cultural change after the decline of the Northern Cod Fishery. The aim is to build on both the tangible and intangible heritage of communities to connect youth with elders and to design new spaces for activity and exchange. Culture of Outports projects have already been completed to acclaim in Burlington (2011), Brigus (2012); and Port Union, Nfld....

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