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