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