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