Robert is a founding director of Robert Stuart-Smith Design, a co-founding director of the collaborative research practice - Kokkugia and a Studio Course Master in the AA School’s Design Research Laboratory (AA.DRL) in London. Robert studied architecture in the UK, France and Australia and holds a Masters in Architecture + Urbanism from the Architectural Association School of Architecture’s Design Research Laboratory (AA.DRL). He has extensive design practice experience from the offices of Lab Architecture Studio and Sir Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners; having practiced architecture in Australia, the US and the UK before founding rs-sdesign and kokkugia. Robert has worked on many high-profile international projects such as Southern Cross Station in Melbourne and Museo de Acero in Monterrey, Mexico, specialising in large public and cultural projects. Also a specialist in algorithmic design, Robert has undertaken professional research with Cecil Balmond and is a well known design educator through his teaching at a number of high ranking institutions such as the AA School in London, RMIT University in Australia and WU in St Louis USA. He is an internationally invited lecturer and critic.