CIA Conad recently completed its new headquarters on the outskirts of Forlì, the city in Northern Italy where the retail cooperative was founded 65 years ago. The design by tissellistudioarchitetti, based in nearby Cesena, is a slender linear volume that is covered in glass and aluminum fins for shading. A generous staircase, located where the building bends in plan, connects the six departments on the six office floors. The architects answered a few questions about the building.