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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Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
St. James Cathedral Centre
Burnt Barns
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Escarpment House
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Pickering Library
Museum of Contemporary Art
Generations Toronto
Maple House at Canary Landing
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Theatre Park
383 Sorauren
The Well
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Ravine House
1414 Bayview
Junction Point
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Maple House at Canary Landing
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
11 Charlotte
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
ÏCE at York Centre
405 Sherbourne
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Harbour Plaza
Pond Road Student Residence
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
The Farm
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.