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The top of 8 King Street East pre-construction.

Dave LeBlanc for The Globe and Mail: The tower that once topped Toronto shines again

by ERA Architects

Once the tallest building in the British empire, the Royal Bank building at 8 King Street East is a product of the skyscraper phenomenon that arrived in Toronto at the turn-of-the century. More than 100 years after its construction, the building has been renewed. ERA is wrapping up work on this project, which required the full and extensive conservation of...

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125th Anniversary of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at U of T

by ERA Architects

...– Eric Arthur Gallery Exhibition. Location: Architecture Building, 230 College St. *Note: the exhibition will run until mid-September. May 30, 11:00am – 5:00pm – Dialogues with a panel discussion including ERA’s Michael McClelland and moderator Graeme Stewart. Location: Architecture Building, 230 College St. May 30, 6:30pm – 9:00pm – Alumni Reception. Location: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. *Note: RSVP...

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Community Engagement

Eat More Scarborough Food Tourย 

by ERA Staff

...pandemic heaped on added despair. It’s in this context, Feed Scarborough was born as other food banks were closing their doors due to physical distancing guidelines.  “It’s the one job that you want to go out of business,” food bank manager Andrea Kuzell told us.  The food bank started in March 2020, serving roughly 100 families. It now serves 1,000....

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Publications & Exhibits

Dragon Centre Stories: Perspectives on Multi-Cultural Retail and Suburban Cultural Heritageย 

by Alexis Cohen, senior associate

...the mall. Over 100 people came to remember, honour, and process the pending loss of Dragon Centre and its place in Scarborough’s history. The group included Howard Tam of ThinkFresh Group and Eat More Scarborough Food Tours; Erica Allen-Kim of the Daniels School of Architecture (U of T) and her students; photographer Morris Lum; the School of Cities (U of...

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Ideas & Issues

Storefronts and urban evolution: Q&A with Shannon Claytonย 

by Alessandro Tersigni

...think it necessarily had much to do with the internet. Yes, smaller businesses are turning to e-commerce, partially because of rising rent costs of commercial spaces. But I think development pressure is a bigger driver of that transformation. Say I’m working on a project incorporating historic storefront façades into a new condo tower — the developer will usually want to...

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Designed landscapes: Ground Magazine

by ERA Architects

...conservation, and argues that designed landscapes need more sensitive conservation tools, professional advocacy, and public education. With better tools and heightened awareness, McClelland writes, we can prevent the degradation and devaluation that so often occurs in landscape situations, and begin to champion these spaces as important cultural resources for our cities and communities. View the full issue of Ground online....

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The new Standard

by ERA Architects

Graeme is featured on the cover of the brand new Toronto Standard online daily news portal, with an extensive interview covering the Tower Neighbourhood Renewal initiative. This is a 20-year project. We’re talking about a huge number of buildings, hundreds of neighbourhoods and over a million [residents]. It’s about a gradual process of improvement. For now, it’s working in specific...

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Toronto the Good 2010 _ Intinerary

by ERA Architects

...Architecture in Toronto Shawn Micallef Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto NFB Filmmaker-in-residence Katerina Cizek The Thousandth Tower web documentary Please note: the Authors at Harbourfront reading is a ticketed event – Admission $8 Tickets available online here, or in person at the Harbourfront box office. 7:45 to 9:00pm Catered Food and BBQ provided by David Vallee Free 8:30 to...

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Refreshing Allan Gardens

by ERA Architects

...of Spacing Magazine online or at your local newsstand outlet. To learn more about the Allan Gardens Refresh – a vision document produced by FOAG in partnership with the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation Division – visit friendsofallangardens.ca Allan Gardens feature image courtesy of Brent Wagler. Workshop image curtesy of ERA Architects. Spacing cover image courtesy of spacing...

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Port Union Community Build

by ERA Architects

...for welcoming us into your communities, and making this project a great success. We wish you well and look forward to continuing initiatives! For more on the history of Port Union, and lots of information and images documenting our two-week residency, please see the Culture of Outports website. Recent Press: Globe & Mail, CBC Radio, CBC News Online, Ryerson News...

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Graeme Stewart interviewed on The Urbanist

by ERA Architects

Monocle Radio recently interviewed ERA’s Graeme Stewart on The Urbanist, a weekly program on the people and ideas that shape urban life. In this week’s edition, Andrew Tuck speaks with Graeme about Toronto’s modernist legacy and the Tower Renewal program. You can listen to this interview online at Monocle.com #61....

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Concrete Toronto on spacing.ca

by ERA Architects

...and journalists. A number of Concrete Toronto articles will be republished as an online supplement to Spacing Magazine’s summer issue “Toronto Modernism: Stop the Hate!” The magazine advocates taking a closer look at our modernist heritage, and asks that we reevaluate and learn to take care of it as our city matures. To view this series, go to spacing.ca. To...

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