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