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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Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Junction Point
Harbour Plaza
Theatre Park
Museum of Contemporary Art
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
1414 Bayview
383 Sorauren
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
St. James Cathedral Centre
Pickering Library
The Well
The Farm
Pond Road Student Residence
Canadian Chancery Expansion
ÏCE at York Centre
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
405 Sherbourne
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Maple House at Canary Landing
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Burnt Barns
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
11 Charlotte
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Escarpment House
Maple House at Canary Landing
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Generations Toronto
Ravine House
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.
Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail) on 383 Sorauren
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.
Jury comment (2023 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence) on Don Mills Jamatkhana and Isamili Community Centre
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
Peter Clewes, a–A Principal, (via The National Post) on the continual work of city-building.