a—A
a—A is a design practice based in Toronto engaged in the act of city building, providing full architectural services across a wide range of contexts, scales and building types—from schools, galleries and cultural centres, to affordable housing and mixed-use developments, to urban parks and civic precincts. We work with clients and collaborators in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We are designers, researchers and urbanists who care about the city, and take care to create spaces that give meaning and invention to the ways we live and work.
11 Charlotte
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Harbour Plaza
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Maple House at Canary Landing
Junction Point
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Generations Toronto
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Museum of Contemporary Art
ÏCE at York Centre
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
St. James Cathedral Centre
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Pond Road Student Residence
Ravine House
Theatre Park
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
383 Sorauren
Burnt Barns
Maple House at Canary Landing
Pickering Library
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Escarpment House
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
The Farm
The Canary precinct is sophisticated proof (and a quiet rallying cry) that intelligent cities should renew the currency of the well-crafted ‘block’ as the real medium in which we can grow good neighbourhoods.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
A masterful composition of texture and natural light. The delicate building skin adds magic to an otherwise simple and economical building massing. [...] A great contemporary interpretation of Islamic architecture.