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