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