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