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.
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
St. James Cathedral Centre
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Maple House at Canary Landing
Harbour Plaza
Pickering Library
11 Charlotte
The Farm
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Ravine House
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Generations Toronto
Thompson Hotel & Residences
ÏCE at York Centre
Escarpment House
Museum of Contemporary Art
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
Burnt Barns
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
Theatre Park
383 Sorauren
Junction Point
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Maple House at Canary Landing
Pond Road Student Residence
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.
We think something’s done and it’s never done. The interesting thing about cities is that they’re never finished.