Drawing
Read the intention
Understand what must remain visible, what can be engineered and where the material should keep its spontaneity.
Nice · Since 1979
A metalwork company built on curiosity, craft and continuity.
F. Labbé brings design development, one-off fabrication, mechanics and site installation together under one roof.
The beginnings
F. Labbé began with the curiosity of a metalworker who never saw metal as a static material.
François Labbé founded the company in Nice in 1979. He was a metalworker, fabricator, entrepreneur, inventor and art lover, equally interested in the discipline of a building detail and the freedom of an artist’s sketch.
That breadth still shapes the workshop: traditional forged work sits alongside precise architectural fabrication, large moving structures and mechanics developed for steep or constrained sites.
Art & invention
Making difficult ideas buildable without flattening their character.
François Labbé and his workshop contributed to the fabrication of works by artists including Bernar Venet, Sacha Sosno and Masaki Fujihata, in the wider context of the École de Nice and the Nouveaux Réalistes.
Mechanics
Put steel in motion
Develop frames, guides and mechanisms as part of the architecture rather than as an afterthought.
Terrain
Connect difficult levels
Use fabrication and mechanical experience to create access across steep Riviera sites.
A new chapter
The company continued by passing on knowledge, responsibility and a taste for unusual projects.
The name F. Labbé remains attached to a way of working: understand the project, resolve it honestly, make it carefully and stand behind the installation.
Today’s team combines workshop experience with design development and site coordination. The company remains deliberately close to its projects and to the people commissioning them.
Today
One team from first discussion to final adjustment.
Architects, homeowners and professional clients work with a company that understands the complete path from drawing to installation.
Design & engineering
Surveys, drawings, sections, mechanisms, fixings and coordination with other trades.
Workshop fabrication
One-off work in steel, stainless steel, wrought iron and combined materials.
Installation
Planned access, fitting, commissioning, final adjustments and handover.
A project in mind?
Bring us a drawing, a problem to solve or the beginnings of an idea.
We will tell you what is feasible, what needs further information and how the workshop can contribute.