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