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