THE GENTLEWOMAN
THE BOLD SHAPES AND BIG IDEAS OF SOPHIE HICKS
Interview by Ellis Woodman.
Photography by Jody Rogac.
September 2026
FRAME
HOME AGAIN
by Tracey Ingram. Portraits by Andrew Meredith. July/August 2019
SOPHIE HICKS had an ace up her sleeve when developing fashion-forward retail concepts for the likes of Acne Studios, Chloé, Yohji Yamamoto and Paul Smith. Before becoming an architect, the Londoner worked for visionary fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa and as a fashion stylist for British Vogue. ‘Fashion people speak a different language,’ says Hicks, ‘but
I understand that language.’ Interested in architecture from a very young age, she made the switch ‘before becoming tired of fashion. I left on an up.’
Hicks formed SH Ltd Architects in 1990 while studying at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. With a few staff members on board, she juggled refurbishing residences with the responsibilities of motherhood. ‘It’s quite unusual to start a practice while studying, but as a mature student I could cope.’
Tom Hopes joined Sophie Hicks Architects in 2011. Maintaining the ‘unusual’ way of working she established during the days of rapid roll-outs for Chloé, Hicks and Hopes are a two-person show with multiple extras. ‘My main forte is design detailing whereas Tom’s is design for construction, but we work incredibly closely. Any support we need is farmed out to other people.’ And they’ll continue to work in this way as the studio shifts away from the retail realm and dives deeper into residences – back to where it all began.
WWD
MAX MARA UNVEILS REVAMPED PARIS FLAGSHIP
Words by Rhonda Richford
Photography by Adrian Gaut
April 2026
VOGUE ITALIA
INTERVISTA A SOPHIE HICKS
Words by Sennait Ghebreab
Photography by Adrian Gaut, Alasdair McLellan, Hong Kiwoong and Shin Hyo Geun
June 2026
DOMUS
THE ART OF LOOKING
By Deyan Sudjic
Photographs by Lee Funnell
March 2001
GRAZIA KOREA
October 2015
CORRIERE DELLA SERA – 2022 YEARBOOK, LIVING COLLECTION
COUNTRY DREAM
by Paola Menaldo
Photos by Adrian Gaut
November 2022
DETAIL
CENTRAL AND SECLUDED: SOPHIE HICK’S PRIZE-WINNING PRIVATE RESIDENCE
by Edina Obermoser
Photographs by Annabel Elston and Sophie Hicks Architects
January 2020
AMC LE MONITEUR ARCHITECTURE
SOPHIE HICKS, FAÇADE EN PAPIER DE YAMAMOTO
By Maryse Quinton
Photographs by Johannes Marburg
February 2009
JAPAN VOGUE
ARCHITECTS IN MODE
March, 2002
SHOTENKENCHIKU
OVERSEAS INTERIOR, YOHJI YAMAMOTO PARIS CAMBON
By Shotenkenchiku
Photographs by Takumi Ogihara
May 2009