Quarta & Armando Architecture

Founded in 2016 by architects Gianmaria Quarta and Michele Armando, Quarta & Armando is an architecture, design and research office based in Shanghai, China with one additional office in Turin, Italy.

Collaborative, process-oriented and idea-driven, Q&A’s goal is finding original asnwers to significant questions by means of architectural design.

Quarta & Armando current experience ranges from big-scale urban and landscape projects to commercial and residential interior design to temporary architecture and events.

FILA Fusion Beijing Store

11 Aprile 2024

In the heart of the bustling streets of Beijing, FILA Fusion’s innovative concept store seamlessly weaves the rich tapestry of Italian culture into a contemporary street-style narrative. […]

Fila Fusion Concept Store, Pechino

11 Aprile 2024

Nel cuore delle animate strade di Pechino, l’innovativo concept store di Fila Fusion fonde in modo impeccabile il ricco mosaico della cultura italiana in una narrazione contemporanea dello stile urbano. […]

Q&A Studio designs the Shanghai Love restaurant bar

9 Maggio 2023

More than a restaurant with a bar, Shanghai Love is a restaurant that revolves around a bar, starting from the element that gave birth to all its successful history: crafted beer. […]

Quarta & Armando designed 3AM night bar in Foshan, China

18 Marzo 2022

The architectural intervention aimed at maintaining the original wall surfaces with the marks of the several restaurants that were hosted in the space, creating a common thread that runs through the floors of the bar. […]

Quarta & Armando Architecture Design Research firmano il progetto di interior design per Ethai Café di Shanghai

Ethai Café Shanghai

29 Novembre 2021

Nascosto nel vivace seminterrato commerciale del Kerry Center di Shanghai, l’Ethai Café progettato dallo studio Q&A, offre una fresca rivisitazione della cucina tradizionale thailandese, concentrandosi su semplici piatti leggeri creati con ingredienti sani. […]

Ethai Café Shanghai by Q&A – Quarta & Armando Architecture Design Research

29 Novembre 2021

The earthy color and material palette is based on gradients reminiscent of central Thailand’s archaeological sites and lands, and its nooks and sitting areas appear to have been carved out of the rammed earth that envelops the façade. […]

ZHE TIAN Restaurant in Shanghai.

30 Ottobre 2020

The traditional Chinese dessert house is revisited and reshaped into a unique concept restaurant in which past, present and future coexist through space and materials. […]