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