As Design Director, Sophie plays a central role in shaping and reviewing the studio’s architectural and interior output to ensure each scheme delivers on the client’s vision and ambition. With a keen eye for design quality, clarity, and intent, she works across all project stages to uphold the studio’s creative standards while ensuring proposals remain grounded in the realities of context, brief, and budget.
Sophie brings a strategic, client-focused approach to design review, challenging teams to go further while staying true to the core objectives of each project. Whether refining concept narratives or interrogating spatial strategies, she ensures that every decision contributes to a coherent, high-performing architectural response.
Known for design clarity, thoughtful leadership, and an uncompromising eye for quality, Sophie helps ensure the studio’s work continues to set a benchmark for excellence in both architecture and interior design
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With over 20 years of experience, Sophie joined Atomik Architecture in 2020 as Design Director, bringing thoughtful design leadership across residential, workplace, and hospitality projects. Her portfolio spans a wide range of scales and contexts, with a consistent focus on quality and detail.
A graduate of the Mackintosh School of Architecture with distinction, Sophie began her career on cultural and heritage projects in Scotland before moving to London in 2007. She has led major international schemes with Aedas and Woods Bagot and co-founded the award-winning practice Kirkwood McCarthy in 2013. Her experience across both large and small studios – and as a practice founder – makes her adept at all stages of project delivery.
Sketching and modelmaking remain central to her process, helping her explore materiality, light, and the kind of precise, invisible detailing that quietly elevates a space
