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