ERA Architects

ERA Architects Inc. (ERA) is an award-winning national architecture and planning firm renowned for their work on conservation through reactivation. For 30 years, ERA has championed the idea that historic places are catalysts for stronger, more resilient neighbourhoods. From restoring Toronto’s Distillery District and landmarks like Centre Block on Parliament Hill, to initiating conversations around tower renewal, facade retention, and cultural landscapes, the firm continues to expand what heritage preservation and city building can mean together in a rapidly evolving Canada.

Idea Workshop helped to elevate ERA’s professional profile through targeted media relations and strategic communications, sharpening its core messaging and positioning its principals as leading voices in heritage architecture, adaptive reuse, and urban design. The team also led successful media campaigns highlighting the firm’s support of the Friends of Allan Gardens and the launch of principal David Winterton’s first-ever monograph on Edwardian architect Frank Darling, securing national and international coverage to expand its reach and impact.