1 Spadina Crescent
Originally home to Knox College, and eventually occupied by one of the world’s first insulin manufacturers and a military hospital, the Gothic Revival building at 1 Spadina Crescent has a rich history and is a major city landmark, terminating views north from Spadina Avenue. ERA worked with NADAAA between 2011 and 2017 to oversee the building’s latest incarnation as part of the Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design.
ERA’s role on 1 Spadina Crescent centred on developing restoration and conversion strategies for the original building, designed by Smith & Gemmell in 1875, and connecting it to the new concrete and glass panelled extension.
As well as being a space for design students and thinkers to thrive in, the new Daniels Faculty building itself embodies conversations between old and new, heritage and innovation.
photography: John Horner Photography (interior) and Tom Arban (exterior)
Heritage Reframed, 2014
People's Choice – Commercial / Institutional, 2018
Education, 2018
Building of the Year Finalist, 2018
Schools & Universities, 2018
Honor Award for Architecture, 2018
Green Good Design Award, 2014
, 2017
2018 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation, 2019
Top Ten Awards (Sustainable Design Excellence), 2019
Education Facility Design Awards, 2019
Excellence in Architecture for Building Additions or Adaptive Reuse: Award of Honor, 2019
Heritage Awards, Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse – Corporate, 2019
William Greer Built Heritage Award, 2019
