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