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.
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
383 Sorauren
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
11 Charlotte
Escarpment House
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Pond Road Student Residence
Pickering Library
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Theatre Park
Ravine House
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Harbour Plaza
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Generations Toronto
Museum of Contemporary Art
Junction Point
Thompson Hotel & Residences
St. James Cathedral Centre
The Farm
Maple House at Canary Landing
Burnt Barns
Maple House at Canary Landing
The Grand at Sky View Parc
ÏCE at York Centre
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Canadian Chancery Expansion
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.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.