We design what most architects forget to.
A small room, treated with the seriousness of a façade.
Atelier Cubicle began with a complaint. Our founder, an architect by training, was tired of specifying restroom partitions that arrived plastic, off-tolerance, and visually disconnected from the building they sat inside.
Twenty-five years later, we are an integrated workshop of 142 craftspeople, engineers and project managers, designing systems that hold their geometry, their finish and their warranty for the lifetime of the building.
Four ideas, repeated daily.
Every detail — from hinge radius to packaging tape — is sketched before it is sourced.
Our in-house lab runs 100,000-cycle door tests, accelerated UV ageing and impact rigs.
We choose substrates that age gracefully and finishes that can be repaired, not replaced.
From first sketch to final sign-off, the same human answers your email. Always.
Twenty-five years of one obsession.
Three engineers, one CNC, and a stubborn belief that restrooms deserve architects.
A boutique hotel in Milan ships Atelier Cubicle past French borders.
We become one of the first European workshops to thermoform partitions seamlessly.
Vertical integration completes. We press, machine, and ship under one roof.
Take-back service introduced. 85% of every partition now recyclable.
Maison Lumière, Paris. Twenty-five years and counting.
Saint-Étienne.
Where it's all made.
Eighteen-thousand square metres of presses, CNC routers, edge-banders, powder lines, and finishing booths. Every panel, every hinge, every screw is touched here before it ships.
Six people you'll actually meet.
Architect DPLG, EPFL Lausanne. Twenty-five years obsessed with the smallest room.
Mechanical engineer. Designed our in-house hinge platform after 14 prototypes.
Curates the 200-finish catalogue. Previously colour lead at Kvadrat.
Runs the Saint-Étienne floor. Knows every machine by the sound it makes.
Your first call. Architect by training, project manager by temperament.
Drives our Cradle to Cradle program and the take-back logistics network.
Certified end-to-end.
Every certificate is current, auditable, and shipped with the project documentation. Drop us a line for the full PDF folder.
Awards & press.
- 2024Wallpaper* Design Award — Best Public Interior Component
- 2023IF Design Award — Architectural Hardware
- 2023Frame Awards — Sustainable Product of the Year (Shortlist)
- 2022Red Dot — Best of the Best, Product Design
- 2021Archiproducts Design Award — Bathroom Category
- 2019Dezeen Awards — Project of the Year (Maison Lumière)
Come see the workshop.
Architects and specifiers are welcome at our Saint-Étienne facility year-round. We arrange tours, material libraries, and a proper French lunch.
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