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