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