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.
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Burnt Barns
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Maple House at Canary Landing
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Theatre Park
1414 Bayview
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Thompson Hotel & Residences
ÏCE at York Centre
11 Charlotte
The Farm
405 Sherbourne
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Museum of Contemporary Art
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Pickering Library
The Well
383 Sorauren
Harbour Plaza
Maple House at Canary Landing
Pond Road Student Residence
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Escarpment House
Ravine House
St. James Cathedral Centre
Junction Point
Generations Toronto
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
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.
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.