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