1 Spadina Crescent

[3] There was an intention for the city to turn this property into a park after Dr. Baldwin's death, but the conditions for this were never met, and his grandchildren sold the land in 1873 to the Hon.

It remained a veterans' hospital until 1943, when it was acquired by the University of Toronto's Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which became one of Canada's main centers for the development and manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

In January 2001, University of Toronto professor David Buller was murdered in his office within the building, and the case remains unsolved.

[6] In June 2013, U of T announced a significant overhaul and renovation of the building, with plans to make it the new home for the Daniels Faculty of Architecture.

[9][10] The expanded portion of the building now offers space for design studios, lounges, a student cafe, workshops and fabrication labs.

[10] On the north side are two large berms, a grassy area and a stepped pathway that leads to the fabrication laboratory.

[11] Above, "a triangular section of stepped seating, like an open stair outside the volume between the second and third floors, overlooks the hall and simultaneously connects to the design studio for graduate students at the top.

[10]" The third-floor graduate design studio is known for its expansive "column-free" space that extends across the entire North side of the building and offers views of the city through a glazed curtain wall.

[10] The fabrication lab is a double-height workshop and digital laboratory[13] which "offers a variety of computationally controlled technologies, including large 3-axis and 4-axis routers, a fused deposition modelling rapid-prototyping system, a waterjet cutter, a colour 3D printer, a 3D digitizer, a 3D laser scanner, several laser cutters, and a large format vacuum former.

[15] Adjacent to the lab is the Daniels construction workshop which includes a full metal and woodworking shop, an assembly space, spray booth, and a large array of materials and tools.