Skip to content

ERA Architects

Stories

Ideas & Issues

Three lessons from Europe’s independent cultural spaces

by Daniel Rotsztain, artist in residence

In the summer of 2022, ERA was invited to join a tour with member organizations of Trans Europe Halles (TEH), a network of 135 cultural organizations from 39 countries in Europe and beyond. TEH members collectively support, research, and advocate for independent cultural spaces and their positive contribution to social, environmental, and economic well-being.   TEH is advising on OCADU’s activation...

Read More

Teaching-based Professionals, Business-based Researchers

by ERA Architects

...research into their landscape architecture practice to inform new methods and engage the public. Texture City (MBAC), Core Sample installations (North Design Office, 2006), and the Folly Forest project (Straub + Thurmayr Landschaftarchiteken) are all excellent examples of academic risk-taking and interdisciplinary innovation. Business-based research and innovation relies on a creative office culture that supports and promotes interdisciplinary research and...

Read More
Ridgeway workshop

Building for the community, with the community

by ERA Architects

...projects begin with robust and integrated community engagement. As city builders, we and our partners have the opportunity to transform underused spaces into places that better serve the community. Making the most impact requires filling a need, one that is identified by the community itself. By taking cues from human-centred design principles, we can put the user, whether it be...

Read More

Hidden Architectural Gems

by ERA Architects

...Hariri was another fantastic discovery. Here we found a building, again modest and finely articulated, quietly nestled into the woods. But what was breath-taking was how the intimacy with nature extended into the studio with the light and the glow of the autumn coloured leaves. Both these visits, unique and inspiring in their own ways, confirmed to me there is...

Read More

In-House Experts: Heritage Mortars 101 & Heritage Interiors

by ERA Architects

Although there is obvious benefit to be drawn from the synergy created from ‘the whole’, we would be remiss if we did not recognize and highlight the individual expertise that makes up the sum of ERA’s parts. Staff have been treated to two presentations recently that featured their peers introducing topics for which they possess expertise through weekly ongoing information...

Read More

The Red Mason at the Brickworks

by admin

...by the historic term, ‘The Red Mason.’ 1 Day Courses for Heritage Professionals will be taking place on Tuesday August 9 OR Wednesday August 10 2 Day Courses for Masons – Please note that we have added another session for Monday August 15th and Tuesday August 16th. To download the the information sheet, please click here. We have extended the...

Read More

Sky-o-swale and sports pad unveiled in Scarborough

by ERA Architects

...wonderful example of how community engagement, owner collaboration, and creative thinking can make a huge difference to the landscape of tower communities. The incremental, but significant, change taking place at the Storefront gives inspiration to the entire Tower Renewal project, and shows the massive community potential available to Tower Neighbourhoods all over the GTA. See our slideshow of images below:...

Read More

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...

Read More

Doors Open at ERA: Sat. May 26, 2012

by admin

...This year, ERA Architects is excited to be taking part in the Architect’s Studiotour organized by the Toronto Society of Architects. We would be pleased if you’d join us on Saturday May 26 between 10 a.m and 5 p.m. to check out our office and ask us about the work we do. For more information, please see the City’s website....

Read More

Brickworks in the news again

by ERA Architects

Today’s Globe and Mail features an article by Angela Kryhul about the ongoing development at the Evergreen Brick Works; Brick Works fired up for the future, including an informative time-line of the historic evolution of the site. From the article: William Taylor was digging holes for fence posts one day when he came across a type of clay that he...

Read More

The Brickworks and Toronto photo-bloggers

by ERA Architects

...and spaces would have been long forgotten by the general public. By taking it upon themselves to explore damp, dark, and elusive sites, photo-bloggers have embedded the imagery of these places into the public’s consciousness. Personally, I don’t have the inclination nor the intestinal fortitude to visit places like the Hearn Generating Station (in the Port Lands), the Whitby Psychiatric...

Read More

Culture of Outports: Burlington Freelab

by ERA Architects

ERA’s Culture of Outports project, through the Centre for Urban Growth + Renewal, and sponsored by TD Canada Trust, is now taking shape in Newfoundland. The team includes Principals-in-charge Michael McClelland and Philip Evans, Project Architect Will MacIvor, and Assistant Laila MacDougall-Milne, as well as six students from Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture in their design build project in the...

Read More