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