Patricia Urquiola updates Cassina headquarters to commemorate brand's 90th anniversary

Designer Patricia Urquiola has overhauled Cassina's 1940s headquarters in Meda, northern Italy, to include a wall of plants and a cylindrical meeting space encased in metal panelling.

Urquiola, who was appointed the Italian furniture brand's art director in 2015, refreshed the old production facility to commemorate Cassina's 90th anniversary.

The headquarters are located in Italy's Brianza area. It was originally constructed in the early 1940s, when Cassina used it both as a living space and a factory to produce its first industrialised products.

Through the renovation, the brand wanted to keep the building's existing features to retain the industrial history of the site.

They modernised the original stone structure and its subsequent extensions by restoring the entrance courtyard, adding a welcome area and developing new communal spaces for employees.