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The art of creating moments of wonder within a minimalist retail store

The art of creating moments of wonder within a minimalist retail store

Angled partitions, contrasting materials and urban vibes converge at ASSEMBLE by Réel, creating distinct yet connected spaces for a delightful shopping experience.

Kokaistudios delivers destination shopping-hospitality experience in CITIC SQUARE

Kokaistudios delivers destination shopping-hospitality experience in CITIC SQUARE

Dynamic and futuristic, Kokaistudios’ latest renovation transforms a twenty-year old shopping mall into a modern lifestyle destination with a new architecture that complements its historic surroundings by creating new vistas and possibilities through seemingly floating pixels.

AURA SKYPOOL: World’s highest wrap-around infinity pool by Kokaistudios

AURA SKYPOOL: World’s highest wrap-around infinity pool by Kokaistudios

Soaring to unprecedented heights, Kokaistudios’ AURA SKYPOOL delivers the details as well as the dramatics around the world’s highest 360° infinity pool.

Millennial Lifestyles And City Settings Drove Kokaistudios’ Design For Assemble By Réel

Millennial Lifestyles And City Settings Drove Kokaistudios’ Design For Assemble By Réel

Kokaistudios looked to the city and the style-inspired passions of its millennial demographic to design a large yet dynamic retail space for a men’s fashion brand in Shanghai.

A Mall With A Theatrical Heart In Shanghai By Kokaistudios

A Mall With A Theatrical Heart In Shanghai By Kokaistudios

The newly renovated Shimao Festival City in Shanghai references the world of the theatre and incorporates public spaces of engagement and exchange.

A Mall With A Theatrical Heart By Kokaistudios

A Mall With A Theatrical Heart By Kokaistudios

The newly renovated Shimao Festival City in Shanghai references the world of the theatre and incorporates public spaces of engagement and exchange.

The Bar is a Stage

The Bar is a Stage

Kokaistudios reimagines Bar Rouge as a glamorous fashion studio and stage, as Christie Lee reports.

The Cut, Shanghai

The Cut, Shanghai

The Cut in Shanghai is redefining the clinical vibe of shopping mall fast food outlets with a modern, welcoming space designed for fun, relaxation and socialising, writes Martine Beale.

Y2C2 by Kokaistudios

Y2C2 by Kokaistudios

Kokaistudios reinvents the concept of a Chinese restaurant with Y2C2 in Shanghai.

K11 Art Mall, Shanghai

K11 Art Mall, Shanghai

A retail destination with artistic ambitions has arrived in Shanghai, China.

Growing Kokaistudios

Growing Kokaistudios

Out of their home base in Shanghai, China, Italian architects Andrea Destefanis and Filippo Gabbiani of Kokaistudios are taking their business global.

Suhe Creek Project, Shanghai

Suhe Creek Project, Shanghai

A revived early 20th century warehouse forms part of the large-scale work underway to bring an urban renaissance to Shanghai’s historic Suzhou Creek.