Leopold Banchini Architects is an architectural studio based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 2017 by Leopold Banchini, after being part of Bureau A for three years. The office Leopold Banchini Architects is a multidisciplinary research team exploring the frontiers of space shaping. Deeply rooted in architectural history, it is interested as well in contemporary popular cultures as in vernacular traditions and crafts. His work has been built in countries as Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal, Bahrain, and Australia.

This issue features the following projects:

Antoine, Verbier
Overground, Geneva
Bab Al  Bahrain Square, Manama
Casa CCFF, Geneva
Dodged House, Lisbon
Casa Do Mondo, Lisbon
3-8, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
House od Architectural Heritage, Muharraq
Le Cercle, Lausanne
Moon Ra Pavilion, Vilvoorde
Atelier Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Al Naseej Textile Factory, Bani Jamrah
Marramarra Shack, New South Wales
Villa Montasser, Mies
Casa Arenita, Comporta
Neojiba Music Centre, Salvador
Mote 69, Geneva

– Text by Stan Allen, Giovanni Borasi, Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample