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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405 Sherbourne
11 Charlotte
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Pickering Library
Escarpment House
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Generations Toronto
Harbour Plaza
Museum of Contemporary Art
St. James Cathedral Centre
ÏCE at York Centre
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
383 Sorauren
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Pond Road Student Residence
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
1414 Bayview
Ravine House
Maple House at Canary Landing
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
The Farm
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Burnt Barns
The Well
Junction Point
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Maple House at Canary Landing
Theatre Park
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.
The Canary precinct is sophisticated proof (and a quiet rallying cry) that intelligent cities should renew the currency of the well-crafted ‘block’ as the real medium in which we can grow good neighbourhoods.
A valuable precedent for Canadian architecture – nodding to history while exploring new ground.