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