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.
Pond Road Student Residence
Escarpment House
ÏCE at York Centre
Harbour Plaza
Museum of Contemporary Art
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Pickering Library
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
11 Charlotte
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
383 Sorauren
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Ravine House
The Farm
West Don Lands Block 8
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
West Don Lands Blocks 3/4/7
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
West Block
Junction Point
Theatre Park
Burnt Barns
St. James Cathedral Centre
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.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.