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Architectural Fabrication

We design and manufacture bespoke architectural elements for high-end residential and commercial projects. Every component is modelled in Autodesk Inventor and precision machined at our Finchampstead workshop. We take complex architectural concepts and make them buildable.

What we make

Built for architects and developers

If it's curved, complex or can't be bought off the shelf, it's ours. We work directly from your design intent and resolve it into machinable, buildable components.

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Curved Timber Structures

Fins, substructures and framing machined to exact geometry on our 5-axis CNC — every component dimensionally precise and repeatable.

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HI-MACS & Solid Surface

As an approved HI-MACS fabricator we thermoform and fabricate seamless fascias, facades, basins and interior elements built for demanding environments.

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Cladding & Facade Systems

Bespoke cladding and fascia systems including guttering details, engineered to assemble correctly on site, first time.

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Bespoke Canopies & Features

Sculptural one-off elements — like our current flared extractor hood canopy housing a LUXAIR insert — designed, nested and CNC-machined for a perfect fit.

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Design Development

Full 3D modelling in Autodesk Inventor — we resolve design intent into fabrication drawings, machine data and assembly logic before anything is cut.

How we work

From drawing to installation

Stage 01

Design intent

We start from your drawings or concept and talk through geometry, materials and tolerances.

Stage 02

3D resolution

Every element is modelled in Autodesk Inventor and resolved into buildable components before a single cut is made.

Stage 03

Precision manufacture

Components are machined in-house on our 5-axis CNC and fabricated at our Berkshire workshop.

Stage 04

Delivery & install

Our own team delivers and installs — the same people who made it put it up.

Flagship project

The Bay House

Curved Douglas fir fins and thermoformed HI-MACS fascias for a high-end coastal self-build at Bracklesham Bay — designed with Open Design Studio's intent, machined in-house, delivered exactly as drawn.

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Recent work

Got a complex fabrication challenge?

Send us the drawings — we'll tell you how we'd make it.

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