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