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