Workflow

Here at A|r we operate as a design studio. What does this mean exactly? It means that our multidisciplinary staff comes together as a team to collaborate and develop as a unified whole. Our studio is accessible to everyone, and is a place where solution-driven but creative work is both critiqued and composed together. We create by connecting ideas. The intent of this office arrangement is to encourage experimentation and inspire new solutions in an atmosphere of exchange, conversation, and freedom of expression. Here everyone has a voice.

CAMH announces Waverley House Secure Care & Recovery Building | CAMH

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is proud to announce the new Waverley House Secure Care & Recovery Building, named in recognition of historic support totaling $203 million from Bruce McKean and the Waverley House Foundation.

Making Place

There is no placemaking without people. As we move together toward a post-covid era, what new factors will impact our sense of place? The tools of placemaking were important before, and now they are crucial to how we experience our environment.

Understanding Place

One of the earliest steps in our design process is illustrating the forces that will affect a future design. It is imperative for us to understand how a new project will interact with its surroundings, make us feel, appear throughout the season, and accommodate the needs of future occupants.