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