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