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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Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
405 Sherbourne
Pickering Library
ÏCE at York Centre
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Junction Point
Generations Toronto
Maple House at Canary Landing
383 Sorauren
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
The Grand at Sky View Parc
The Well
Theatre Park
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Burnt Barns
Museum of Contemporary Art
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Escarpment House
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Pond Road Student Residence
Maple House at Canary Landing
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
St. James Cathedral Centre
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
The Farm
11 Charlotte
1414 Bayview
Ravine House
Harbour Plaza
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
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.