Nebbia Works

What Nebbia Works does

Nebbia Works is a London-based international architecture and design studio operating as Nebbia Works Ltd, founded by Madhav Kidao and Brando Posocco, both ex-Heatherwick Studio architects. The studio delivers commissioned architectural installations, exhibition design, museum and cultural-institution masterplans, brand pavilions, public-sector infrastructure concepts, and bespoke furniture collections for cultural institutions (V&A Museum, British Council, Schiaparelli), luxury and entertainment brands (Bulgari, Goldenvoice/Coachella, Volvo, Spotify, Universal Music Group, Burberry), and government clients (Comune di Parma, Turku Municipality, HS2).

The studio's technical signature centres on proprietary material innovation, including low-carbon aluminium pavilion construction (Between Forests and Skies, 2021), eco-concrete geopolymer derived from excavated clays with up to 80% CO2 reduction (HS2 Water Fountain), waste-free sand-casting of recycled aluminium (Sand Cast Bench), and single-sheet aluminium manipulation via waterjet cutting and manual bending (Tighten Table, Rolling Chair). These methods support a research-driven practice that treats every commission as a bespoke fabrication problem rather than a standardised product.

Nebbia generates revenue exclusively through professional services: direct project commissions and design competitions, with bespoke project-by-project pricing and no publicly disclosed rate card. GTM relies on reputation-driven inbound, competition wins, and an extensive partner ecosystem of fabricators, engineers, and creative studios. The studio maintains a 1–10 headcount in London (354a Essex Road, N1 3PD), with production scaled via freelance collaborators, and has no disclosed external institutional investment.

Name

Nebbia Works

Legal name

Nebbia Works Ltd

Website

https://nebbia.works

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nebbia Works is a London-based architecture and design studio led by ex-Heatherwick co-founders Madhav Kidao and Brando Posocco, delivering bespoke installations, exhibition design, and masterplans for cultural institutions, luxury brands, and public-sector clients worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing (33712)

SIC

Household Furniture (2510), Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM), Staging, Scenic & Set Fabrication (Stages, Backdrops, Scenic Builds) (THAHAEAC), Scenic Fabrication & Set/Stage Carpentry (MPAGAKAG)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Exhibition design
• Experiential installations
• Cultural architecture
• Bespoke furniture design

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Design Consultancy and Commissioned Projects: Revenue is generated through direct commissions for architectural installations, exhibition design, furniture design, and spatial experiences for cultural institutions, luxury brands, and public sector clients. Projects range from temporary installations to permanent architectural works.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nebbia Works is a London-based architecture and design studio that designs and delivers commissioned buildings, environments, installations, and objects for cultural institutions, luxury brands, entertainment events, and public sector clients. Its portfolio spans large-scale art installations, exhibition design, museum and concert hall architecture, public art and infrastructure, brand pavilions, and bespoke furniture collections, with each project developed through a research-driven, narrative-led process.

Product overview

Nebbia Works is a London-based international architecture and design studio led by Madhav Kidao and Brando Posocco, creating experiences, narratives, and moments in time for individuals, brands, and cultural institutions. Their portfolio encompasses large-scale art installations (Babylon at Coachella, Bardo at Venice Biennale, Between Forests and Skies at V&A), exhibition design (Schiaparelli at V&A), museum and cultural institution architecture (Turku Museum of History and the Future, Vilnius National Concert Hall), public art and infrastructure projects (HS2 Water Fountain), visitor centres, and bespoke furniture collections (Tighten Table, Elemental Table, Sand Cast Bench, Rolling Chair). The studio also conducts research projects like Alphrobet (robotic typeface creation) and creates brand experiences and pavilions (Bulgari, Volvo). Their process blends storytelling, craftsmanship, and technology, producing outcomes that are visceral, thoughtful, and distinctly unique. Work spans cultural institutions, museums, festivals, private clients, and corporate brands across multiple countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Between Forests and Skies Low-carbon aluminium temporary pavilion commissioned by the V&A Museum, creating an immersive manufactured forest with reflective surfaces that shift throughout the day, demonstrating aluminium's unique qualities through minimal material use.
• Bardo Aluminium artwork commissioned for the British Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture, exploring death rituals through inheritance, destruction, and reincarnation of cultural artefacts, cast from recycled Between Forests and Skies aluminium.
• Babylon 60' x 60' x 60' inhabitable installation at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival featuring stacked steel-framed monoliths with 360-degree projection mapping creating a kaleidoscopic cinematic environment.
• Schiaparelli — Fashion Becomes Art Exhibition design for the UK's first exhibition dedicated to Elsa Schiaparelli at the V&A, spanning the 1920s to present day with over 400 objects, creating non-linear spatial journeys with layered thresholds, mirrors, and controlled lighting.
• Turku Museum of History and the Future Art museum in Turku, Finland, exploring humanity's historical spatial relationship with time, featuring a west-to-east navigational axis symbolizing journey from past to future, with materials representing different conceptions of time.
• Bulgari Pavilion Temporary installation and VIP lounge for Bulgari at Abu Dhabi Art 2012, designed with 2,300 acrylic tubes inspired by cabochon-cut jewellery, generating over $2 million in jewellery sales during the week.
• HS2 Water Fountain Public art competition entry for HS2 using natural clays excavated from the railway route to create eco-concrete with up to 80% reduction in CO2 footprint, capable of filtering pollutants in water while reflecting local landscape colours.
• ParCO (Parma Contemporanea) Initiative transforming Parma's historic Ospedale Vecchio into a dynamic centre for contemporary art, reimagining the building as a park with pathways, courtyards, and orchards that blur inside and outside.
• Tighten Table Collection of tables crafted from a single sheet of hand-polished recycled aluminium, manually bent using ratchet straps to create razor-thin functional tables focused on product lifecycle and full recyclability.
• Rolling Chair Rocking chair reimagined through cutting and manipulation of sheet aluminium, waterjet cut with a calculated edge profile that forms ideal rocking geometry when mechanically rolled.
• Sand Cast Bench Bespoke, recyclable street furniture casting construction waste aluminium into sand moulds carved from site sand, creating elegant pieces with textured surfaces that rise from the ground like liquid.
• Elemental Table Furniture collection for a high-end restaurant featuring dining tables and work desks in prefabricated aluminium extrusions with handcrafted London Plane timber legs, inspired by civil engineering construction methods.
• Volvo Halo Intimate listening space commissioned for Salone del Mobile 2020 in Milan, featuring a 7.5-meter fibreglass structure balanced on steel frames that immerses visitors in a captivating aural experience.
• Interlude Five-piece assembly of quarried South Island blue stone in Queenstown, New Zealand, creating a sculptural gathering place with mirrored rocks, carved seats, and a circular portal overlooking Lake Whakatipu, as part of the Paererewā initiative.
• Vilnius National Concert Hall Concert hall designed as a series of linear spaces organized around a central corridor, with stacked rotated walls deconstructing the facade, featuring rough-cut stone base and vibrant multi-glazed architectural ceramic upper levels.
• Tower of Silence Experimental aural-spatial installation for Universal Music Group, exploring architecture, body, and sound interconnectedness, using prefabricated concrete sections forming acoustic walls and intimate listening chambers.
• Carnielli Factory Concept for renovation and adaptive reuse of the historic Carnielli factory in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, integrating civic functions with revitalised retail and commercial spaces.
• Sevenoaks Visitor Centre Gateway building for Sevenoaks Natural Reserve designed as layered spaces that blur boundaries between inside and outside, drawing landscape into the architecture, built on existing footprint to minimize environmental impact.
• Sotheby Rd. Private soundproof music studio in a North London garden with bifold door extending to a covered outdoor area and roof monitor window diffusing natural light.

Quantifiable outcome

• Awarded Special Mention at 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Format EngineerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering partner for structural design on major installations including the Between Forests and Skies pavilion for V&A. Collaboration enables complex structural solutions for innovative architectural forms.
• Littlehampton WeldingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabrication partner for aluminium construction projects. Trusted workshop partner for translating complex design visions into physical structures.
• The Place BureaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration on civic and cultural projects including ParCO masterplan in Parma and HS2 water fountain competition.
• Studio ZNAsupportingTechnology or IntegrationLighting design partner for exhibition installations including Schiaparelli exhibition at V&A Museum.
• Structure WorkshopcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural engineering consultant for Bulgari Pavilion and other architectural projects requiring structural engineering expertise.
• United Visual ArtistssupportingTechnology or IntegrationCollaborated on Bulgari Pavilion project for dynamic lighting solution that plays with material transparency.
• StillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Zealand-based organization commissioning the Interlude installation in Queenstown as part of Paererewā public art initiative.
• Studio ThusThatsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign team consultant for HS2 water fountain project, contributing to material innovation and design development.
• SetWorkssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExhibition build contractor for Schiaparelli exhibition at V&A, handling physical construction of architectural elements.
• BecasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering consultancy for Interlude installation in New Zealand, providing local technical expertise.
• NotaNumber ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partnership on Bulgari Pavilion project, collaborating on pavilion architecture and spatial design.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Heatherwick Studio: London-based experiential architecture and design studio known for narrative-driven installations, pavilions and public projects. Nebbia's two co-founders both trained here, and the studio represents the closest direct comparability in scale, methodology and client type.
• SO-IL (Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu): New York- and Beijing-based studio working at the intersection of architecture, art and installation with a strong cultural institution portfolio. Comparable in scale, narrative approach and cultural/luxury client mix.
• Studio Drift: Amsterdam-based studio creating large-scale experiential installations, sculptures and architectural works that merge technology, nature and craftsmanship. Highly comparable in output type (Coachella-adjacent, museum commissions, luxury brand collaborations).
• Assemble: London-based multidisciplinary studio working across architecture, design and art with a focus on socially engaged cultural projects, exhibitions and installations. Comparable in output type, size and cultural-institution client base (Turner Prize-winning).

Emerging players

• Sam Jacob Studio: London-based small practice spanning architecture, writing, curation and installation work. Comparable in boutique size, cultural-institution client base and crossover between architecture and art installation.
• Bureau Spectacular: Small Los Angeles-based studio producing experimental architecture, installations and objects with a strong visual identity. Comparable boutique scale, installation focus and cultural-institution client type.
• Glithero: London-based experimental design studio known for material-led installations and limited-edition objects with a craft-industrial sensibility. Comparable boutique scale and material-innovation focus, though narrower architectural remit.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Global architecture and design practice with deep cultural-institution, performing-arts and public-realm portfolio (Opera Oslo, National September 11 Memorial Pavilion). Comparable overlap on cultural and public commissions at a far larger scale.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Global architecture firm with a strong cultural, museum and pavilion portfolio (Amager Bakke, Lego House, The Plus). Comparable cultural/luxury client orientation though at much larger scale and broader service offering.
• OMA: Rotterdam-based global architecture practice with an extensive cultural-institution portfolio including concert halls, museums and biennale pavilions. Overlaps with Nebbia on competition-driven cultural commissions at the highest end of the market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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