RCAA is an Architecture and design office based in Milan and operating internationally, focusing on research on form as the primary instrument to generate simple and effective solutions to design problems, beyond what is usually considered to be the “norm”, operating both within the traditional boundaries of architecture and interior, as well as applying architectural thinking to other creative domains such as design and creative direction.
Architecture and interior projects include: both the headquarters and the research studios for Musixmatch, the leading global company for lyrics databases and synchronization; the offices, as well as a separate research centre for Fondazione Seragnoli, a not for profit foundation developing palliative cures for terminally ill patients; the design of Nomad, the largest hostel and event venue in Treviso; the development of interior concepts for two restaurant franchises, and their flagship stores; two art venues/exhibition spaces in China, one a new built and the other an adaptive reuse of an old factory; several residential interventions for private clients in Italy, France, the UK and the Middle East. We favour an adaptive reuse and circular approach over the construction of new forms, whenever possible.
The output also includes the design of objects such as lamps for the global brand Serax, as well as furniture and special projects with the most successful Italian furniture start-up of recent years, Very Simple Kitchen, a furniture series for the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, as well as limited editions and collectible pieces.
Our work has been exhibited globally, including shows at the London Metropolitan University, the Art Omi Centre in New York, Superstudio in Milan, the Pratt School of Architecture in New York and the Edit art fair in Naples, the 2024 Milan Design Week and the 2025 Architecture Biennale.
Other projects inhabit the realms of installation design, exhibitions and user experiences: we are currently working on projects for clients such as Lamborghini, Thonet, Calligaris, Gucci, Vibram and Moncler.
Richard Ceccanti Aston is an Italian/British architect.
He runs an architecture and design office, based in Milan and operating internationally.
He graduated at the London Metropolitan University, and has worked for several international architecture offices in the UK, Europe, China and the Middle East, before establishing his own studio over ten years ago.
He is also one of the founders of the AAA.Milano collective, a group of architects organising informal meet ups and discussions on issues related to architecture both as a creative and a professional endeavour.