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Canada’s Ken Soble Tower certified as world’s largest residential Passive House EnerPHit retrofit

by ERA Architects

...will continue to serve the community for generations to come. The retrofit also included a reconfiguration of all indoor and outdoor spaces to accommodate aging-in-place. Over 20 per cent of apartment suites now meet barrier-free standards, with expanded community facilities that support seniors’ programming. Using 2050 temperature projections as a guiding foundation for the design, the Ken Soble Tower is...

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Light show on air field: Botwood, Nfld.

by ERA Architects

...Botwood’s historic airfield. A major piece of infrastructure, and the chosen site for our first winter community build, the airfield and base served an important role in Canada’s operations in WWII, as well as local import-export economies. Our modest intervention with homemade ice candles serves as a way to bring the community together and reanimate the air field in preparation...

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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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Evergreen Canada Launches An Online Exhibit: Complete Communities

by ERA Architects

...the past but they can change the future. Through the ‘Complete Communities’ initiative the youth of the community have a platform to tell the GTA what it really means to call Ridgeway home. Other Ridgeway community partners include MLSE, the City of Mississauga, the Mississauga West Rotary Club, and the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program. Link to promotional video: https://www.evergreen.ca/completecommunities/2/8  ...

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“Vancouver Matters” Recently Released

by admin

...the development of the recently released book, Vancouver Matters. Published by Blueimprint books, Vancouver Matters presents various readings of the city by numerous contributors who teach, live and work there. Representing Vancouver’s history and present materiality through writing, drawing, and photography; Vancouver Matters offers a critical examination of the city’s faults and opportunities. Additional information can be found at http://www.vancouvermatters.ca...

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OCAD 2012 Sustainable Design Awards

by Graeme Stewart

...year off the ground, the awards have grown, with ambitions to go National in 2013. Congratulations to the winners and the students who ran the awards. For more information, visit www.sustainabledesignaward.ca. The Jurors, from left to right: Jason Dressler (Brothers Dressler), Graeme Stewart (ERA), Katherine Ngui (Public Displays of Affection), and Susan Spencer Lewin (CS&P). Not pictured, Allan Chochinov (Core77)...

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Detroit-Toronto Party & Symposium: Carlu, Oct. 25

by admin

...a place. 6 to 11:30 pm Toronto the Good (a party) A party thrown each year by ERA Architects to celebrate Toronto and mull over its history and evolution with fellow architects, designers, thinkers, and urban-minded folk. Free admission; cash bar. No registration necessary; please just rsvp to: [email protected]. For more information regarding both events, please visit www.torontothegood.org or write...

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Silo 5 in Old Montreal

by ERA Architects

...North America, but as a result of a changing world economy, the activities of Silo 5 declined in the late 20th century, leading to its complete closure in 1994. In 2007, Canada Lands Company took possession of the complex and is currently studying development options for this fascinating historic site. For more information or to get involved, go to www.pointedumoulin.ca....

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Open Doors for Doors Open

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...adaptive reuse studies of the oft-neglected R.L. Hearn Generating Station. Be sure and drop in while you’re out exploring the built environment this weekend. Open Doors An Exhibition Inspired by Doors Open May 26th – June 9th 2010 Reception May 27th 6:30-10pm Gallery 1313 1313 Queen St. West Gallery Hours Wed – Sun 1-6pm www.g1313.org Above graphic by ERA Architects....

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The Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal (CUG+R)

by ERA Architects

...initiatives that foster City Regions and local communities that are: well planned and designed, economically vibrant, socially diverse, culturally integrated and environmentally sustainable. CUG+R officially launched in December 2010 with the release of Tower Neighbourhood Renewal in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, a report jointly prepared by CUG+R’s founding partners, ERA Architects and planningAlliance, and the launch of cugr.ca. www.cugr.ca will...

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Coming Up: The Ward – Songs and Sounds of a Lost Toronto Neighbourhood

by ERA Architects

...the music and stories of a bygone place and era, featuring: Andrew Craig, Michael Occhipinti, Mitch Smolkin, Maryem Tollar, Laurel Tubman, Louis Simao and Drew Jurecka.’ The Ward: Songs and Sounds of a Lost Toronto Neighbourhood Wednesday, April 26 • 8:00 pm • Lula Lounge • 1585 Dundas Street West (416) 588-0307 Tickets: $20 www.lula.ca Link to Eventbrite Page  ...

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Launching the RAC Zone

by ERA Architects

    Property owners, entrepreneurs, community members, academics and city builders will gather at York University in celebration of Toronto’s newest zone: the Residential Apartment Commercial (RAC) (www.raczone.ca). Moderated by Graeme Stewart, Principal of ERA and the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal, this event hosted by the City of Toronto will centre discussions on the zone’s implementation as well...

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