CRAB Studio

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, institu

tion 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.

it’s a compositional thing.three tongue chairs slip into function meets form, or does form meet function? either way, f...
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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🌞 Slow Sun Kitchen 🐌 Early stagesThe client requested a clean, working kitchen calibrated to seasonal light.South-facing...
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…..












Drawing as a process of collection.Sketches + scans + surroundings.The Mill as a drawing machine 🦉early work…….
28/01/2026

Drawing as a process of collection.
Sketches + scans + surroundings.
The Mill as a drawing machine 🦉early work…….





🦉 New year site visit 🌒 Ongoing reconnaissance 1/2/3 night in the mill and workshop →Project details soon.
18/01/2026

🦉 New year site visit 🌒


Ongoing reconnaissance 1/2/3 night in the mill and workshop →
Project details soon.






developing modelsconcept → sketch → study → scale 1:20Physical models in the hand to slow decisions down.A loose concep...
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.









10/01/2026

Doing Stuff #24









📕 sketch book 📕Ergonomic studies for clothing display Working through proportions, reach ranges and small-detail decisi...
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.




🌅 Crespuscular House 🌌models 03 / 04 / 05Displayed at the summer show this year.Vent plates and ground mass — a model t...
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







🌅 Crespuscular House 🌌Sketch models 01 / 02Physical models remain central to the process. (and pile up in the studio) 01...
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







🌅 Crespuscular House 🌌inkjet print, sketch markupThe digital–analogue flip-flop.An early 3D model printed out and worked...
29/12/2025

🌅 Crespuscular House 🌌
inkjet print, sketch markup

The digital–analogue flip-flop.

An early 3D model printed out and worked over by hand. Plans, sections and elevations in conversation — tweaks, annotations, and small decisions accumulating.

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99-100 Turnmill Street
London
EC1M5QP

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