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