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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Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Theatre Park
383 Sorauren
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Pond Road Student Residence
ÏCE at York Centre
Junction Point
St. James Cathedral Centre
Maple House at Canary Landing
The Farm
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Burnt Barns
Escarpment House
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Pickering Library
Generations Toronto
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Ravine House
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Maple House at Canary Landing
Museum of Contemporary Art
Harbour Plaza
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
The Grand at Sky View Parc
11 Charlotte
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.
Jury comment (2023 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence) on Don Mills Jamatkhana and Isamili Community Centre
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.
Alex Bozikovic (The Globe and Mail) on 383 Sorauren
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
Peter Clewes, a–A Principal, (via The National Post) on the continual work of city-building.