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