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