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