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Investing in the Public Realm: A Joint MITACS Project (by guest blogger Jeff Biggar) | ERA Architects
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Investing in the Public Realm: A Joint MITACS Project (by guest blogger Jeff Biggar). Investing in the Public Realm: A Joint MITACS Project (by guest blogger Jeff Biggar). When Toronto councillors and staff direct money into the street, it does the city a service. City advocate, Annabel Vaughn, observes that the public realm is what we understand. When we walk around the city, we see the first six stories of a building, and the rest is out of sight. View a previous post with more information here. This b...
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Portfolio | ERA Architects
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada at 158 Sterling Road. The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (formerly the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art – MoCCA) has been a…. The Drake Devonshire Inn is located in the pastoral Prince Edward County town of Wellington, Ontario. ERA…. ERA, alongside Brook McIlroy, planningAlliance, City of Toronto, and others, received the 2015 Canadian Institute of Planners…. Government Conference Centre (GCC). Thomas G. Elgie House at 262 Bessborough Drive.
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Metropolis: Tower Renewal Key to Toronto’s Liveability | ERA Architects
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Metropolis: Tower Renewal Key to Toronto’s Liveability. Metropolis: Tower Renewal Key to Toronto’s Liveability. This month’s issue of Metropolis Magazine. Ranks Toronto #1 globally for liveability; it is in good company with Tokyo and Helsinki, numbers two and three respectively. The feature article, written by Toronto Star columnist Christer Hume, outlines Toronto’s many virtues and points to Tower Renewal. Posted by Bissy Waariyo. July 14, 2015. EU Research for Tower Renewal →.
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squiddity.: May 2005
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From Lat. quidditas. Whatness") what a thing is, its essence. This essence when it involves or implies a squid. Tuesday, May 31, 2005. I spent most of Saturday at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Which he was selling for half price (I've now already read the whole thing and highly recommend it). Then I wandered back to the Victory, where I ran into Marlena and Jesse. Jesse said, "Oh, you went to Matt's table. Was he standing up? On Sunday, I met up with Chrystl Rijkeboer. Which will open on Saturday.
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Conference Proceedings (Videos) from TCLF: Second Wave of Modernism III | ERA Architects
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Conference Proceedings (Videos) from TCLF: Second Wave of Modernism III. Conference Proceedings (Videos) from TCLF: Second Wave of Modernism III. Early this spring, the highly anticipated. Second Wave of Modernism III: Leading with Landscape. A conference series led by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), was held at Isabel Bader Theatre on Friday May 22nd. Individual speaker presentations can be accessed here. You can read our review of the conference here. Posted by Bissy Waariyo. July 8, 2015.
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Thomas G. Elgie House at 262 Bessborough Drive | ERA Architects
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Thomas G. Elgie House at 262 Bessborough Drive. Landscape and Urban Design. The Thomas G. Elgie House. A designated heritage building, is the oldest of only three residential buildings in Leaside, predating its incorporation as a town in 1913. While the structure was altered through a series of additions in the 20th century, the original section of the building remains – with the south elevation concealed in the addition – with red brick walls and 19th century detailing. Minto St. Thomas.
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Architecture, heritage conservation, adaptive reuse, urban and rural planning, and landscape and urban design. In practice since 1990, ERA Architects Inc. has over 50 staff members based in Toronto, Prince Edward County, and Montréal. The founding principals of ERA are members of the Ontario Association of Architects and the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP), and are Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Follow us on Twitter.
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Planning and Development: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar) | ERA Architects
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Planning and Development: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar). Planning and Development: A Joint MITACS Project ( by guest blogger Jeff Biggar). Ensuring developers make contributions toward the public realm rests on how the process is managed. Whether developers are perceived as purely profit-driven or act with a social conscience depends on how the parameters are set, as well as how public goals are defended and realized. What, then, is the role of the developer in the public realm?