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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Pickering Performing Arts Centre
St. James Cathedral Centre
Burnt Barns
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Theatre Park
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Junction Point
Pickering Library
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
1414 Bayview
Museum of Contemporary Art
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
ÏCE at York Centre
The Farm
Maple House at Canary Landing
383 Sorauren
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Generations Toronto
Escarpment House
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Harbour Plaza
Pond Road Student Residence
Maple House at Canary Landing
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
11 Charlotte
The Well
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
405 Sherbourne
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Ravine House
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
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.