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.
The Farm
383 Sorauren
Pickering Library
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Ravine House
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Maple House at Canary Landing
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Harbour Plaza
Theatre Park
Burnt Barns
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Junction Point
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Generations Toronto
St. James Cathedral Centre
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Escarpment House
Pond Road Student Residence
Museum of Contemporary Art
Maple House at Canary Landing
ÏCE at York Centre
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
11 Charlotte
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.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.