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