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