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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405 Sherbourne
Generations Toronto
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Burnt Barns
Maple House at Canary Landing
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Maple House at Canary Landing
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
The Grand at Sky View Parc
383 Sorauren
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Theatre Park
11 Charlotte
ÏCE at York Centre
Harbour Plaza
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
1414 Bayview
Ravine House
Junction Point
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Escarpment House
The Well
Pickering Library
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Farm
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Pond Road Student Residence
St. James Cathedral Centre
The Canary precinct is sophisticated proof (and a quiet rallying cry) that intelligent cities should renew the currency of the well-crafted ‘block’ as the real medium in which we can grow good neighbourhoods.
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.
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.