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