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111 Richmond St. W.

111 Richmond St. W. 2013

This 15-storey building, designed by now legendary Peter Dickinson and Morden Yolles, is one of only a few intact examples of high-quality 1950s office design …

Mirvish and Gehry on King St. West

Mirvish and Gehry on King St. West 2013

For this project, sited on King near John St. in Toronto’s entertainment district, David Mirvish and Frank Gehry propose a three-building residential and mixed-use complex …

Drake Devonshire Inn

Drake Devonshire Inn 2013

The Drake Devonshire Inn is a new project opening in the fall of 2013 in the pastoral Prince Edward County town of Wellington, Ontario. ERA …

Coliseum Complex at Exhibition Place

Coliseum Complex at Exhibition Place 2012

Coliseum Complex is a 410,000 sq ft group of five buildings constructed in 1922 to showcase the Canadian National Exhibition’s Winter Fair. An example of …

Lang Tannery

Lang Tannery 2011

The Lang Tannery site is an industrial complex that occupies 5.5 acres on two city blocks in the designated warehouse district of the city of …

Culture of Outports: Majumder Manor

Culture of Outports: Majumder Manor 2011

The ‘Culture of Outports‘ project proposes that an understanding of the unique history and character of these communities is essential in order to …

The Drake Hotel Annex Project

The Drake Hotel Annex Project 2011

The Drake Hotel is a cultural landmark within Toronto’s Art and Design District. In 2001, the original 1890’s building at Beaconsfield and Queen Street West …

Five Corners

Five Corners 2011

Five Corners is a development by Concert Properties for the site at Front Street and Church Street, incorporating a 19th century industrial building into a …

Burano – Addison Motors

Burano – Addison Motors

ERA provided a Heritage Impact Statement and Conservation and Restoration Plan for a high-end 48-storey residential condominium development above the neo-Gothic inspired former McLaughlin Motors …

The Distillery District

The Distillery District

The Gooderham and Worts Historic District is a National Historic Site and former home to the largest distillery in Canada. The complex is a remarkable …

Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens

Recognized as a National Historic Site, Maple Leaf Gardens has served as a continuous hub of civic life for the past 80 years. The Gardens

King Edward Hotel – The Crystal Ballroom

King Edward Hotel – The Crystal Ballroom

The King Edward Hotel in downtown Toronto has remained one of the city’s leading hotels since its opening day in May 1903.  The double-height Crystal …

Bishop’s Block

Bishop’s Block

The Bishop’s Block, a designated heritage property, was built circa 1829. It is considered one of the oldest buildings left in Toronto’s downtown core. Originally …

The Roxy Theatre

The Roxy Theatre 2010

The Allenby Theatre (also re-named the 99cent Roxy) opened in 1935 and was designed by the well-known Toronto architectural firm Kaplan and Sprachman. Kaplan and …

Allstream Centre

Allstream Centre 2010

The Automotive building was constructed in 1929 as a venue for the exhibition of new automobiles. This use continued until the 1960’s, however, over the …

100 Yorkville Avenue

100 Yorkville Avenue 2009

Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital was founded on this site in 1923. In 1930, a new surgical wing was built by architects, Kaminker & Richmond, having …

The Maltings

The Maltings 2009

The Maltings is one of the forty-four buildings that comprise the largest and best-preserved collection of Victorian Industrial Architecture known as the Distillery Heritage District, …

Wesley Building

Wesley Building 2007

The Wesley Building was designed by Burke Horwood & White in 1913 to house the Methodist Book and Publishing Company (later the Ryerson Press). This …

Mill St. Brewery

Mill St. Brewery 2006

Located in the Distillery District National Historic Site, the Mill St. Brewery is designated by the City of Toronto under part IV of the Ontario …

Richmond Adelaide Centre

Richmond Adelaide Centre 2006

The Richmond Adelaide Centre consists of a large block of commercial buildings in downtown Toronto. Significant heritage buildings, from the 1920s through to the 1960s …

Miller House

Miller House 2006

The Miller House is a 1-1/2 storey home located on the property of the Pillar and Post in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario which dates back to 1817. …

The Carlu

The Carlu 2006

The former Eaton’s College Street contains one of the finest Art Moderne interiors in Canada, the Carlu. It was commissioned by Sir John Craig Eaton …

Crangle’s Collision

Crangle’s Collision 2005

Crangle’s Collision (the former International Harvesters’ Building) has been an Art Moderne accent at the corner of Bathurst and Wellington since its construction in 1940. …

The Stone Distillery

The Stone Distillery 2004

The Stone Distillery is the most prominent structure on the site of the Distillery District, National Historic Site. Erected 1859 to 1861, this is the …

Ojibway Club

Ojibway Club

The Ojibway Club is a rare surviving example of the wooden resort hotels that were found throughout Muskoka and along Georgian Bay. In the mid-20th …

Joy Oil Gas Station

Joy Oil Gas Station 2002

The Joy Oil Station is the last of at least 16 stations built of the same design in Toronto in the 1930’s by the Joy …

The Massey Houses

The Massey Houses 2001

In the late 19th century, the Massey family houses at 515 and 519 Jarvis Street played a significant role in establishing and promoting Jarvis Street …

The Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building 2000

An icon of the Toronto streetscape, the Gooderham Building was the headquarters for the Gooderham and Worts distillery complex further east at Parliament and Mill …

Chapters – Runnymede Theatre

Chapters – Runnymede Theatre 1998

Built in the 1927-28 and designed by Chapman & Oxley, the Runnymede was a rare type of cinema called an “atmospheric theatre” that projected images …

Maritime Life Tower

Maritime Life Tower 1998

Built in 1909-1910, this Edwardian Baroque building was designed for the Bank of Montreal by the Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson. A designated …

Ryrie Building

Ryrie Building 1997

The Ryrie Building is an innovative nineteenth century commercial development designed by architects Langley & Burke and constructed in 1891 with an addition by Horwood …

The Hard Rock Cafe

The Hard Rock Cafe 1997

The building at 279-283 Yonge Street was constructed in 1918 as a ‘Childs Restaurant’. The restaurant was part of a chain based in New York …