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