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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Maple House at Canary Landing
Museum of Contemporary Art
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Maple House at Canary Landing
11 Charlotte
Ravine House
The Farm
Harbour Plaza
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
405 Sherbourne
Pond Road Student Residence
Generations Toronto
St. James Cathedral Centre
Pickering Library
Thompson Hotel & Residences
383 Sorauren
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
ÏCE at York Centre
The Well
Junction Point
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Burnt Barns
Escarpment House
1414 Bayview
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Theatre Park
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.
Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail) on 383 Sorauren
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.
Jury comment (2023 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence) on Don Mills Jamatkhana and Isamili Community Centre
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
Peter Clewes, a–A Principal, (via The National Post) on the continual work of city-building.