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