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