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Kokaistudios is a firm founded in Venice in 2000 by Italian architects Filippo Gabbiani and Andrea Destefanis with the dream to create a collaborative office of young and talented architects associated in the research of clever design answers to the demands of tomorrow. Conceived at the beginning as a flexible and dynamic team, able to work efficiently worldwide, the firm started with offices in Venice, Copenhagen and Hong Kong developing a multicultural and multidisciplinary background able to power up today the unique vision of the firm. In 2002 Kokaistudios established permanently in Shanghai a team of 20 architects and interior designers committed with passion and incredible enthusiasm to the total design vision of the firm, developing a vast range of projects from dynamic architecture to restoration of heritage buildings, from innovative hospitality products to new tailor made commercial and mix use environments. In the past ten years Kokaistudios has collected an impressive portfolio recognized by several prestigious international awards and has established deep cooperation with the most prestigious clientele worldwide. We approach the future with enthusiasm looking forward to meeting the complex and exciting challenges that we will face and to meeting them with the clever attitude that characterizes Kokaistudios unique design approach.