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SEOUL PURPOSE
Words by Victoria Woodcock
Photography by Taemin Ha
April 2026














HOMING
Sophie Hicks in conversation with Matt Gibberd, author and co-founder of the Modern House, about her life, work, and home.
The Homing podcast series explores the importance of home in shaping who we are.
MAX MARA
Sophie Hicks walks us through the design of the Max Mara flagship in Paris.
025S
Sophie Hicks gives a tour of the new building designed for the Korean perfume brand 025S.
SEOUL PURPOSE
Words by Victoria Woodcock
Photography by Taemin Ha
April 2026

THE ATLAS OF ACNE STUDIOS
Words by Xerxes Cook. Interview with Sophie Hicks.
May 2026

SOPHIE HICKS
Words by Emily King
First published in 2013, reissued November 2025
SEOUL PURPOSE
Sophie Hicks fell in love with the South Korean capital a decade ago. Several projects later, the architect still can’t get enough. As told to Victoria Woodcock. Photographs by Taemin Ha.
April 2026
THE ATLAS OF ACNE STUDIOS
An excerpt from the book – an interview by Xerxes Cook with Sophie Hicks on the design of Acne Studios Seoul flagship store.
May 2026

GANGNAM WHAT?
By Mairi Beautyman
Photographs by Annabel Elston
April 2016
SEOUL PURPOSE
Words by Victoria Woodcock
Photography by Taemin Ha
April 2026

AZZEDINE ALAÏA
By Sophie Hicks
April 2018

HOME AGAIN
by Tracey Ingram
Portraits by Andrew Meredith
July/August 2019

ALAÏA
Editor Saki Kaneko
Photography by Yasuhiro Takagi
Autumn 2022

HIP TO BE SQUARE
By Alice Rawsthorn
Photographs by Adrian Gaut
March 2019

SOPHIE HICKS
Interview by Hyung Mo Jung
October 2015

THE ART OF LOOKING
By Deyan Sudjic
Photographs by Lee Funnell
March 2001

London, UK

SOPHIE HICKS, FAÇADE EN PAPIER DE YAMAMOTO
By Maryse Quinton
Photographs by Johannes Marburg
February 2009

TRACKED SOPHIE HICKS
By Ned Beauman
Photographs by Julia Grassi
December 2018 / January 2019

By Suzy Menkes
November 17, 2008

New Concept & Stores

Rue Cambon, Paris, France

Kensington, London, UK

New Concept & Stores

CENTRAL AND SECLUDED: SOPHIE HICK’S PRIZE-WINNING PRIVATE RESIDENCE
by Edina Obermoser
Photographs by Annabel Elston and Sophie Hicks Architects
January 2020

Horatio Street, New York, USA
ARCHITECT SOPHIE HICKS ON LIFE IN HER HIDDEN CONCRETE HAVEN IN KENSINGTON
by The Modern House
Summer 2023

DIE BAUHERRIN
By Ingeborg Harms
December 2016