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