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