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ERA’s Big Day Out: We’re Launching Our 1st Annual Firm-wide Conference on March 3rd, 2017

by ERA Architects

ERA will be ‘out of office’ on March 3rd, as we attend our first annual conference, offering a range of opportunities to congregate and mingle as a full office! Follow the day’s proceedings – #eracon17. The following is an abridged agenda: 9:40 – WELCOME, OPENING REMARKS 9:45 – KEYNOTE SPEAKER Antonella Ceddia, Litigation Lawyer,...

Evergreen Brick Works Demonstrates How Revived Heritage Spaces Create Sustainable Cities

by ERA Architects

The 53,000-square-foot kiln building at Evergreen Brick Works is set for a conversion that will create a collaboration zone to aid in building sustainable cities, with a target of developing systems and technologies for reducing carbon emissions. To set the standard, project partners EllisDon, Brookfield Global Integrated Systems, CRH Canada, Levitt Goodman Associates Architectural Partners...

The Broadview Hotel is Awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation

by ERA Architects

The 2016 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation has been awarded to Andrew Pruss, (Principal, ERA Architects), Les Mallins, (President, Streetcar) and the project team behind the revitalization of The Broadview Hotel. The award commends the contribution to the conservation of a heritage building and the community enhancement it fosters. The Broadview Hotel...

Taking the Tower Renewal Discussion to Vancouver

by ERA Architects

Vancouver’s high-rise rental apartment stock may vary in materiality from Toronto’s, however it’s no less in need of reinvestment and regeneration. In the article that follows Christopher Cheung looks to the Tower Renewal initiative for inspiration and a cue for what is possible on the west coast. Click here to view the article. All images...

Mikel Landa Discusses Wooden Heritage Conservation

by ERA Architects

Mikel Landa, a specialist in wooden architecture, heritage preservation and cultural landscapes discusses a sustainable approach to these topics at the Fort York National Historic Site Visitor Centre at 250 Fort York Boulevard on Saturday, February 18th from 3:00pm – 4:30pm. Read the posting for details.

Singapore’s d+a Magazine Covers the Don Jail Transformation into Bridgepoint Health

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Former Toronto resident Rebecca Lo explores the Heritage Toronto award-winning project and shares Michael McClelland’s insights on a successful transition from a site laden with stigma and apprehension to one that is celebrated and fascinating to behold:

ERA Architects is Thrilled to Welcome David Winterton Back to the Team as Our Newest Associate

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David Winterton is excited to return to Toronto and ERA Architects after 11 ½ years working and learning in the storied New York firm of Robert A. M. Stern Architects. There he served as a designer for Fifteen Central Park West, an 890,000 square foot, two-tower residential project occupying a full city block along Central...

The (Lane)way Forward: Exploring the Potential of Under-Served Public Space

by ERA Architects

As Toronto’s population increases in density, it places more pressure on ever-shrinking resources, including public space. The use of laneways in the city to increase public space offers the opportunity to release some of this pressure. ERA’s Annabel Vaughan moderated a panel discussion on November 30th on just this subject. Organized by The Laneway Project,...

‘Tower, Slab, Superblock: Social Housing Legacies and Futures’ Sparks the Imagination on Postwar Design and Construction

by ERA Architects

Participants included: Geraldine Dening, Co-Founder, Architects for Social Housing, Simon Elmer, Co-Founder, Architects for Social Housing, Phineas Harper, Deputy Director, The Architecture Foundation, Paul Karakusevic, Founder and Partner, Karakusevic Carson Architects, Jean-Louis Cohen – Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York University, Javier Arpa, Research and Education Coordinator of The Why...

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...

Rendez-Vous Maestria: The Restoration of the GCC’s Suspended Ceilings

by ERA Architects

On Friday, December 2nd, Jan Kubanek of ERA Architects will present La Restauration des Plafond Suspendus de Centre Conférence du government à Ottawa (The Restoration of the Government Conference Centre’s Suspended Ceilings), a rich insight into the revitalization of the Canadian landmark as it shifts into its future role of housing the Senate of Canada....

76 Howard Street’s Moving Day – Video Update

by ERA Architects

It’s one thing to pack and move house, and quite another to move a house! William Whitehead House, at the ripe old age of 130 years, was relocated under exacting circumstances to allow for the development of 1000 condos units in the St. Jamestown neighourhood. The team at ERA was on hand to supervise and...

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

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As highlighted in RUE Magazine’s article, “History in the Making” – the beauty is in the details. The multi-spread editorial in the recently published Issue 44, features the renovation and façade restoration of a residential project in Toronto’s Summerhill neighbourhood. The home was originally designed by John Wilson Siddall and respectfully transitioned into a more...

Mission Point Resort Wins Prestigious Award

by ERA Architects

Mission Point Resort been recognized by Condé Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Survey as the best resort in Michigan and one of the top ten resorts in the US Midwest. ERA was brought on as prime design consultants in 2014, when new ownership began an ambitious scope of improvements to upgrade guest experience and comfort requirements....

Friends of Allan Garden’s Tulip Festival Offers a Chance to Embed the City with Colour for the Spring

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Winter may be around the corner, but we’re already looking forward to springtime in Allan Gardens. We will soon be planting two large beds of tulips at the centre of our favourite park, and hope that you will join us! The flowers will bloom in spring 2017, just in time for Canada’s 150th Anniversary of...

Flags: Public Artwork Complete

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A new public work by artist Josh Thorpe has just been launched at Maple Claire Park, Toronto. For this project, entitled Flag Field, ERA Architects provided landscape architectural and project management services. Flag Field consists of fourteen custom flags on flagpoles ranging from 25 to 50 feet high. Thorpe designed the flags as simple drawings...

A Field Guide to Tactical Heritage Urbanism

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ERA Architects, in conjunction with the Canadian National Committee of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS Canada), is proud to announce the launch of “A Field Guide to Tactical Heritage Urbanism”. Tactical heritage urbanism is a collection of economically accessible, temporary initiatives enacted by citizens to introduce and celebrate the stories and experiences...

Toronto’s Cultural Heritage Landscapes: From Plan to Action

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On Saturday, November 5th, from 9:00am – 4:30pm in room #308 of Metro Hall (55 John Street) the Community Preservation Panels of the City of Toronto are hosting a discussion about how Cultural Heritage Landscapes (CHL’s) should be approached as part of city building and heritage conservation processes. Cultural Heritage Landscapes are defined by the...

ERA Celebrates Project Wins at the 2016 Heritage Toronto Awards Ceremony

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Heritage Toronto held its annual awards ceremony on Monday, October 17th, 2016. The event was held at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto and was hosted by the former host of CBC Radio’s Fresh Air, Mary Ito. This year’s Kilbourn Lecturer was Dr. Steven High, Professor of History at Concordia University. The...

Welcome to Blackhurst Street at Markham House

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Celebrating the History and Entrepreneurial Excellence of the Black Community at Bathurst and Bloor Curated by Chinedu Ukabam October 15-November 27, 2016 Now extended until December 11th! Markham House: City Building Lab 610 Markham St, Toronto, ON Thursday/Friday | 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM Saturday/Sunday | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM Once considered the “Grand...

The Broadview Hotel: Everything Old is New Again

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Riverside welcomes a revitalized neighbor this fall in the form of The Broadview Hotel, a landmark building at the northwest corner of Queen and Broadview, completed in 1891-2, for oilman and soap maker Archibald Dingman. The building’s architecture hails from the same period as Toronto’s Old City Hall, with ornate exterior terracotta panels depicting animals...

‘Girls Can Too’ Provides Participants with Hands-On Learning Opportunities

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ERA’s Janice Quieta and Shelley Ludman were able to spend a few summer days at the Bolton Camp with a group of ambitious young women, to help them consider career paths that might otherwise not be an obvious choice. The Girls Can Too program offers hands-on construction and ecology learning opportunities to young women, while...

Thorncliffe Park – Café and Market in the Park

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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...

TORONTO – NEW YORK: Design by Example

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“A new platform by which designers of these two great cities may share innovations and best practices with the common goal of enhancing the build environment.”- Mary Rusz This September, at the invitation of the AIA New York Housing and Planning and Urban Design Committees, ERA’s Michael McClelland, Graeme Stewart and Ya’el Santopinto participated in...

New Approaches to Heritage Documentation

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University College is the founding college at the University of Toronto and the oldest building on the St. George campus. Built in the Romanesque-Revival style by Cumberland & Storm, when opened in 1859 it was among the most important buildings in the country. In 1968 this status was further confirmed with the building’s designation by...