Robin Nicholson is a member of Cullinan Studio, which he joined in 1979.  He has led on a range of housing, health and university projects, including for the University of Warwick for over 20 years.

He is Convenor of the multi-disciplinary Construction Industry think-tank, The Edge, and chairs the Cambridgeshire Quality Panel.  He is a Member of the National House Building Council Expert Panel.

Robin is an Honorary Professor at University of Nottingham and lectures widely in UK and abroad; in Nov 2016 he gave a key note presentation at SBE16 at the University of Chongqing.

Previously he was a Vice-President of the RIBA (1992-94), Chairman of CIC (1998-2000) and founder member of the Movement for Innovation Board (1998-2001. He helped create and develop the Design Quality Indicator. He was a CABE Commissioner (2002-10) and Joint Deputy Chair (2008-10). He chaired the DCSF Zero Carbon (Schools) Task Force (2009-10).