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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Burnt Barns
Maple House at Canary Landing
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
383 Sorauren
Harbour Plaza
Theatre Park
Escarpment House
Pond Road Student Residence
1414 Bayview
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Pickering Library
The Farm
Generations Toronto
ÏCE at York Centre
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Thompson Hotel & Residences
St. James Cathedral Centre
Ravine House
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Junction Point
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Maple House at Canary Landing
Museum of Contemporary Art
11 Charlotte
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
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.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.