The Italian studio C&P architetti was founded by architects Luca Cuzzolin and Elena Pedrina, both trained at the historic IUAV University of Venice, one of the most influential institutions in the development of contemporary Italian architectural culture.
Luca Cuzzolin (1964, San Donà di Piave, Venice) graduated in architecture in 1994 with a thesis supervised by the architect and theorist Vittorio Gregotti. After completing his studies, he began an international formative period collaborating with some of the most influential architectural practices in Europe, including Gregotti Associati in Milan, David Chipperfield Architects in London, and the Berlin-based studio Martin und Paechter.
Elena Pedrina (Motta di Livenza, Treviso) also studied at the IUAV University of Venice, completing part of her academic path at the Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV) in Barcelona. Her thesis was developed under the supervision of architects Arrigo Rudi and Albert Viaplana, within a generation particularly active in the European architectural debate of the 1990s.
After several professional experiences and periods of work abroad, Cuzzolin and Pedrina met again in the late 1990s. That encounter marked the beginning of a professional collaboration that would crystallise with the founding of C&P architetti in San Donà di Piave in 2000.
Between 2001 and 2008 both architects were also part of the associated practice CCP architetti, based in Basel, expanding their field of work through competitions and projects within the Central European context. During these years they took part in numerous national and international competitions, receiving awards and recognitions that consolidated their professional trajectory.
From their base in the Veneto region, the studio has developed an architectural practice that spans different scales and programmes: single-family houses, residential developments, corporate headquarters, workplaces, educational buildings, as well as interior design and commercial architecture for brands and showrooms.
A significant part of their activity has unfolded within the productive fabric of north-eastern Italy, where small and medium-sized enterprises often find in architecture a tool for building identity and establishing a relationship with the territory. Within this context, the work of C&P architetti is characterised by a sober and pragmatic approach that, without renouncing formal precision, seeks to integrate buildings within the real conditions of the constructed landscape.
Among their projects are residential buildings, research laboratories, corporate headquarters and commercial spaces, developed mainly in the Veneto region but also in other European contexts.
Since 2019, alongside her professional practice, Elena Pedrina has also been engaged in academic activity as an adjunct professor at the IUAV University of Venice, maintaining a close connection between professional practice, research and teaching.