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