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