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