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