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