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ERA at Passive House Canada Conference

by ERA Architects

...be the first Passive House high-rise retrofit in North America and it will demonstrate the tremendous potential for aging affordable housing in Canada to be modernized through Tower Renewal. What is Passive House? Common in Europe, the Passive House approach is centred around high-performance building envelopes, achieving nearly twice the insulation value of building code requirements, which drastically reduces required...

Planning and Development: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar)

by ERA Architects

...TAS design build, notes that merely looking at a building from the vantage point of the property line constitutes an insular approach to development. Instead, he advocates for a collective approach to development that looks outwards toward the street: at the sidewalks, benches, and people who use them. Put simply, a vision of building a city, not just buildings. Building...

A Sense of ‘History in the Making’ for a Toronto Residence

by ERA Architects

...and ERA Architects. With detailing at the forefront as guiding principle, the article commends the thoughtful approach used by the designers: from the handling of material additions that blend seamlessly with the original structure, to the reinstatement of key circulation elements in the revised layouts; all aspects of approach result in uniform flow and spatial harmony. Read the feature in...

Yonge Street

by ERA Architects

Michael is currently featured on the Yonge Street website, where he discusses postwar Toronto architecture. Usually, even when people like a building, that initial appreciation declines and it continues to fall for several decades. After 40 years, it hits an all-time low. But if a building can survive past that 40-year period, then there will be a renewed appreciation of...

Urban Governance: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar)

by ERA Architects

...people and resources to face challenges in the public realm, such as city agencies and outside partners in academic, business, civic, charitable, and community roles about what changes may look like in the areas of governance, investment approaches, and public policy. What’s encouraging is that this level of mobilization is already occurring in related areas. CivicAction’s recent Better City Bootcamp...

Eglinton Crosstown moves forward

by ERA Architects

ERA has been working with the City of Toronto, Book McIlroy, planningAlliance, and Public Work, among others, on numerous objectives and design principles that will guide the design and construction of the Eglinton Crosstown transit corridor. As part of the process, the City’s Planning and Growth Management Committee has recently published and approved Eglinton Connects: Volume 2, The Plan. Next,...

Accessibility & Heritage Conservation

by ERA Architects

...overview of the legislation, process, approaches, and examples of barriers to accessibility. Barriers are more than just physical, and often they are rooted in societal attitudes and practices, which can sometimes be addressed through thoughtful design considerations. The students learned about two design solutions: barrier free design (with no physical obstacles) and universal design (accessibility for all people regardless of...

Innovation and the public realm

by ERA Architects

...the team launched a research project investigating approaches to the funding and governing of the public realm, with an emphasis on key challenges in the process for the city of Toronto. The study was designed to connect academic research and case studies on public space trends from other jurisdictions with the experiences of city builders and urban enthusiasts in Toronto:...

The Honest Ed’s Project: A Contemporary Intangible Heritage Project – Guest Blog by Jay Pitter

by ERA Architects

...Stories are a good way to think through rapidly changing urban neighbourhoods. Local mythology, memory and shared values are as consequential to shaping inclusive and vibrant communities as the height and siting of buildings, greenspace and accessibility. Increasingly, intangible heritage approaches are incorporating strategic storytelling components. Specifically, I sought to initiate an intangible heritage project that would incorporate the voices...

People

Illustration as a tool of clarity: Q&A with Daniel Rotsztain

by Alessandro Tersigni, writer & researcher

...a big communicative impact. That has to do with its reduction of complexity. Every map has an argument embedded in it because it’s necessarily a simplification of reality that directs the viewer’s focus to a particular set of phenomena, which is an approach I’ve tried to transfer to illustration and cultivate for many years. We’re so inundated with information and...

Tuckpointing: a note on detail

by ERA Architects

...varying the amount of mortar used. When a wall is built, the mortar is left just shy of the brick face and a coloured mortar, or stopping, is applied to create a flush face. A colour wash is then applied to the entire surface, staining the mortar and brick to appear more or less uniform. Next, fine, straight grooves are...

MP Peter Van Loan Supports Heritage Through Private Member’s Bill

by ERA Architects

“Peter’s progressive bill represents a true partnership role for government in protecting Canada’s Heritage.” – Michael McClelland Late last week the Conservative critic for Canadian Heritage and National Historic Sites, Peter Van Loan introduced a Private Member’s Bill enabling owners of recognized historic properties to apply for a 20% tax credit towards their restoration. Bill C-323 would seek to restrain...