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