CRAB Studio
CRAB is the Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau. CRAB Studio - It is a different type of set-up from most others.
In mannerism it might seem to resemble a workshop or art studio. Yet it produces buildings of a substantial scale– a housing block of 97 apartments in Madrid, 21,000 square metres university facility buildings in Vienna and a architectural school in Brisbane, Australia. The studio pursues all sorts of design challenges from pack-up-and-go inflatable to temporary structure and from culture, institution building to investigating the potential of urban areas. All these, as well as the moderately scaled pavilions, bridges or truly experimental projects are treated equally as an opportunity to explore alternatives to the architecture of ‘polite modernism’ with which everyone is familiar. No configuration, combination of techniques, of materials or of constructible alternatives is creatively rejected.
24/03/2026
it’s a compositional thing.
three tongue chairs slip into
function meets form, or does form meet function?
either way, form is misbehaving.
we like that a lot ⬜️◻️👅▫️◻️◻️⬜️👅⬜️⬜️▫️◻️◻️◻️▫️👅⬜️⬜️
CRAB missed the opening :( static sheets
clinging to the walls, burgers and booze in hand — the space properly activated 🥽🥤🍔
it’s a compositional thing.
and it’s rolling ❤️
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24/02/2026
Have a peep over at for our latest interview on the shop!
https://www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beauty/voyeurvoyeur-london-fashion-store
13/02/2026
🌞 Slow Sun Kitchen
🐌 Early stages
The client requested a clean, working kitchen calibrated to seasonal light.
South-facing sash window.
3rd floor Georgian terrace.
The design may align to these trajectories… we’ll see…..
28/01/2026
Drawing as a process of collection.
Sketches + scans + surroundings.
The Mill as a drawing machine 🦉early work…….
18/01/2026
🦉 New year site visit 🌒
Ongoing reconnaissance 1/2/3 night in the mill and workshop →
Project details soon.
11/01/2026
developing models
concept → sketch → study → scale 1:20
Physical models in the hand to slow decisions down.
A loose concept tested, tightened, then re-tested.
Doing Stuff #24
09/01/2026
📕 sketch book 📕
Ergonomic studies for clothing display
Working through proportions, reach ranges and small-detail decisions across various scales.
Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.4 (a.k.a. Pilot G-Tec-C4) on 13×21cm.
03/01/2026
🌅 Crespuscular House 🌌
models 03 / 04 / 05
Displayed at the summer show this year.
Vent plates and ground mass — a model testing weight, ground, and sky.
03 — Roof and walls settling into the ground
3D print + hand-cast plaster
04 — Ground rising into walls and roof
Hand-cast plaster + 3D print
05 — Thickening the base
02/01/2026
🌅 Crespuscular House 🌌
Sketch models 01 / 02
Physical models remain central to the process. (and pile up in the studio)
01 This is a handmade desktop junk model, early explorations, loose material thinking, ideas still in motion.
02 sketch model - SCAN - digital - repeat
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