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.
Escarpment House
383 Sorauren
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Ravine House
11 Charlotte
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Junction Point
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Thompson Hotel & Residences
West Block
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Pond Road Student Residence
The Farm
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
The Grand at Sky View Parc
West Don Lands Block 8
ÏCE at York Centre
Pickering Library
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
West Don Lands Blocks 3/4/7
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Harbour Plaza
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Theatre Park
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Burnt Barns
St. James Cathedral Centre
Museum of Contemporary Art
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.