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