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.
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Harbour Plaza
Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre
Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village
The Farm
ÏCE at York Centre
Escarpment House
Pickering Performing Arts Centre
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
Theatre Park
Pier 27 Phases 1 & 2
383 Sorauren
1414 Bayview
Museum of Contemporary Art
Pickering Library
Pond Road Student Residence
Fred Kaiser Engineering Building
405 Sherbourne
Canadian Chancery Expansion
Centre for Civilizations, Cultures & Cities
St. James Cathedral Centre
Thompson Hotel & Residences
The Grand at Sky View Parc
Burnt Barns
Generations Toronto
11 Charlotte
Ravine House
Maple House at Canary Landing
Maple House at Canary Landing
The Well
Junction Point
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Cairns Family Health & Bioscience Research Complex
Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse Adaptive Re-Use
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.
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.