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