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