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
Burnt Barns
The Farm
West Don Lands Blocks 3/4/7
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Pond Road Student Residence
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Junction Point
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
ÏCE at York Centre
Theatre Park
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Grand at Sky View Parc
St. James Cathedral Centre
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Pickering Library
West Block
Harbour Plaza
383 Sorauren
West Don Lands Block 8
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Ravine House
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Escarpment House
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
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.
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.