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.
Pickering Library
The Farm
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Harbour Plaza
Ravine House
St. James Cathedral Centre
Escarpment House
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Theatre Park
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Museum of Contemporary Art
Burnt Barns
The Grand at Sky View Parc
383 Sorauren
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Maple House at Canary Landing
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Maple House at Canary Landing
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
ÏCE at York Centre
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Generations Toronto
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
11 Charlotte
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Junction Point
Pond Road Student Residence
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.
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.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.