Paolo Cucchi

Address No.51 Jln Straits View 4, 80200
Johor Bahru – MALAYSIA
Tel. +60 7 2220900 – 2209162 (MY- Office)
+60 12 2575792 (MY- H/P)
E.mail: info@paolocucchiarchitects.com
Web: www.paolocucchiarchitects.com

Paolo Cucchi is principal and founder of “PCA-Paolo Cucchi Architects”, an international practice with offices in Italy and Malaysia.

He graduated with the Master Degree at University Institute of Architecture of Venice in 1986.  Member of the Board of Architects of Parma since 1987, ARB & RIBA 2004 and International Academy of Architecture (IAA) 2007,

he taught at Universities in Malaysia and Singapore and has been visiting professor at several Institutions in Europe and Asia. Paolo Cucchi has been invited as jury member for many architecture awards including “Premju Emanuele Luigi Galizia” Malta 2018, “Iakov Chernikov Foundation” Prize 2018 and WAF 2017, Berlin – Germany and regularly lectures at international conferences and seminars.

His firm was awarded “Multi-Disciplinary Architecture & Design Firm of the Year 2018 and Architect of the Year 2018  Italy-Malaysia” from Build Magazine, UK.

In 2017, he received the award as “Asia Most Influential Designer” from DOTY-ACG Media, Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia and in 2016 the IAA Annual Grand Prix.

The firm operates at different levels of project types embracing architecture, urban planning and interior design. Deep respect for vernacular topics and cultural references imprints the design philosophy attuned with an aesthetic, technological and functional research toward innovative solutions. The challenge is to create a good synergy between context and intervention, offering desirable living experiences in pleasant, comfortable environments, able to nurture a sense of community in respect of individuality.

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