Cockpit Deptford has occupied a 1960s council building next to the water at Creekside in south London since 2002, but a £3.4m refurbishment by Cooke Fawcett Architects has given it a new lease of life. Demand for studio space is higher ever, according to Jonathan Burton, CEO of London’s Cockpit Studios. For nearly 40 years, Cockpit Studios has housed craftspeople from more than 20 disciplines in subsidised studio spaces in Bloomsbury and Deptford, so it’s good news that the new headquarters has just opened in the latter.
The organisation and its new base now house 40 studios instead of 60, a new café, woodworking and metalworking hubs and a craft garden created by British designer Sebastian Cox.
