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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Pickering Performing Arts Centre
11 Charlotte
Ravine House
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
ÏCE at York Centre
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
Museum of Contemporary Art
The Well
Pickering Library
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Escarpment House
Maple House at Canary Landing
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Thompson Hotel & Residences
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
The Farm
Burnt Barns
Theatre Park
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Harbour Plaza
Pond Road Student Residence
1414 Bayview
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
383 Sorauren
Maple House at Canary Landing
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Junction Point
405 Sherbourne
Generations Toronto
St. James Cathedral Centre
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.
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.