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