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Towers: a comparison in evaluation, context, and conservation

by ERA Architects

Is the practice of heritage conservation limited to conventional landmark structures, or, can it have a broader application in relation to social and economic sustainability across our built fabric? These emerging practice issues were raised by Michael McClelland during a symposium at the 2015 Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) Conference in Kansas City, and have been developed in an...

Slabs vs. points

by admin

...satellitemagazine.ca. Satellite is a Toronto-based biannual magazine focusing on cities, culture, and politics. Each issue features an in-depth look at a single city, alongside interviews, art, and nonfiction, but also brings in topics of international interest. The current issue of Satellite features Noam Chomsky on drones, an interview with Matthew Blackett of Spacing, and many other articles of interest. It...

Append & tweak: Rethinking heritage in our suburbs

by ERA Architects

An article by ERA associate Joey Giaimo was recently published in the latest APT Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology International. The article, “Append & Tweak: An Approach for Preserving the Evolving Suburban Landscape,” asks us to re-evaluate how we regard and manage heritage resources in suburban contexts, and argues for a cultural landscape approach as we move forward....

The Suburbs

by ERA Architects

...as influences of international modernists. The clean and minimal lines of the few surviving houses contrast with their ever larger, contemporary neighbours. Above: 21 Parklane Circle by James A. Murray, 1960s Above: 78 The Bridle Path by Brook and Banz, 1961 Above: 77 The Bridle Path by Seligman & Dick, 1961 Above: W. Posluns Residence, 63 The Bridle Path by...

Ontario Place and the value of cultural heritage sites

by ERA Architects

...significance. “The site in its entirety — integrating innovative approaches to planning, landscape, architecture, engineering and educational programming — represents a bold visionary statement of its time realized at a scale and quality that earned international recognition and admiration,” reads part of the statement. “As an entertainment, educational and recreational centre serving the entire province, Ontario Place has attracted millions...

An Award-Winning Heritage Week

by ERA Architects

...Gothic revival building and contemporary addition – home to the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design – is a showcase for the city and an international focal point for education and research on architecture, art and the future of cities. The rehabilitation and new addition at One Spadina Crescent provides a significant expansion to the heritage building...

The city as garden

by ERA Architects

Recently ERA’s Brendan Stewart gave a talk at Toronto’s Metro Hall, sponsored by LEAF and Park People, on the design potential of trees in cities. After setting the context of modern landscape design, beginning with André Le Nôtre’s French tradition and William Kent’s English tradition, the talk moved on to survey several interesting historical and international projects, including… from Landscape...

Our Expanding Leadership Team

by ERA Architects

...of conservation and planning projects. He is driven to make a meaningful contribution to the quality of urban development and heritage resource management. Janice Quieta has studied and worked in Toronto, Halifax, Dusseldorf, and Koln and participated in a number of national and international design competitions in Canada and Germany. She is interested in sustainable technology at the intersection...

Tower Renewal Action Forum

by ERA Architects

Canada faces a growing housing affordability crisis. Now is the time for coordinated action to build a future around more complete, resilient, and affordable cities – and Tower Renewal is a strategy for realizing this change. Postwar apartment towers are the backbone of Canada’s purpose-built rental stock, and provide affordable housing to millions of Canadians. On October 5th, 2017, international...

Revitalizing waterfront sites: Exploring the potential of Ontario Place

by ERA Architects

...to Docomomo’s International Register. Ontario Place faced countless pressures and changes in its history, from the closure of the beloved forum for what would become the Budweiser Stage, to its eventual closure in 2012. Now, close to ten years later, Ontario Place is at yet another crossroads. In 2019, the World Monuments Fund named Ontario Place on its World Monuments...

We’re celebrating: June 7th at Fort York

by admin

...Norris’s master’s thesis, “Tar Creek Supergrid” has attracted attention from the OAA awards, the International Architectural Biennale of Rotterdam, ARUP’s Phase 2 gallery in London, and both Volume and Bracket magazines. In Tower Renewal project news, ERA is collaborating with planningAlliance, the United Way, and the City of Toronto to explore possible zoning amendments to Toronto’s “apartment neighbourhoods.” These amendments...

1953 aerial photograph from the City of Toronto Archives, annotated by ERA.

Alexis Cohen presents at the College Art Association (CAA)

by ERA Architects

1953 aerial photograph from the City of Toronto Archives, annotated by ERA. Alexis Cohen presented at CAA’s 108th Annual Conference, held in Chicago February 12-15, 2020 as part of a panel exploring zoning in the histories of modern art and architecture. The panel was hosted by Christopher M. Ketcham and Deepa Ramaswamy. The CAA is the preeminent international leadership organization...