The Daniels Faculty is opening the doors to its new home at One Spadina Crescent during Doors Open Toronto, May 27 & 28. This will be the first public preview of the new Daniels Building, which is now nearing completion. All alumni, prospective students, and members of the general public are invited. Doors will be open from 10:00 - 4:00pm May 27 & 28. Please use the main east entrance, via the Russell Street crosswalk.

Visitors will take self-guided tours through the renewed heritage building and its contemporary addition, whose expansive, column-free studio space provides an unparalleled view up Spadina Avenue. Students, faculty and staff will be on hand to provide information on the history, design, and plans for the building. An exhibition of work by our graduate students in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design will be on display throughout the building. When it officially opens in the fall, the new home of the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design will be a focal point for students, scholars, artists, and urbanists worldwide.

https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/about/one-spadina/university-toronto-transform-iconic-toronto-landmark-new-home-john-h-danielsPhoto by Nic Lehoux

Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic recently reviewed the nearly complete Daniels Building, calling it "one of the best Canadian buildings of the past decade." The building is "spectacular," he says, "rich with arguments about how contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism can work with history and build the city of the future."

Photo by Nic Lehoux

Designed by Nader Tehrani and Katherine Faulkner, principals of the internationally acclaimed firm NADAAA — in collaboration with Architect-of-record Adamson & Associates, landscape architects Public Work, and heritage architects ERA — the revitalized One Spadina is intended to be an urban design exemplar and catalyst for the transformation of U of T’s western edge on the Spadina corridor. Once completed, One Spadina will be a showcase for the city and the University, and a world-leading venue for studying, conducting research, and advocating for architecture, landscape, and sustainable urbanization.

Learn more about the One Spadina project:

•     read our fact sheet
•     visit the Daniels Faculty’s Boundless webpage
•     view photos documenting the construction process by Peter MacCallum