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.
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
11 Charlotte
Pond Road Student Residence
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Farm
West Block
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
St. James Cathedral Centre
West Don Lands Blocks 3/4/7
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Harbour Plaza
ÏCE at York Centre
Pickering Library
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
West Don Lands Block 8
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Ravine House
Theatre Park
Burnt Barns
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Escarpment House
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
383 Sorauren
Junction Point
The Canary precinct is sophisticated proof (and a quiet rallying cry) that intelligent cities should renew the currency of the well-crafted ‘block’ as the real medium in which we can grow good neighbourhoods.
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.