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