I am a design architect with an aptitude for bringing together the spatial, aesthetic, technical and ethical aspects of architectural projects to deliver refined spaces and atmospheres.

Having grown up in New Zealand, where I obtained my architectural registration, I am currently based Europe, working worldwide on architectural and interiors projects. You can find more of my architecture projects on my website.

I began The Limn Blog in 2011 as a space to explore relationships between projects, people and places. Here, I focus on developing a personal way of thinking and writing that bridges opinion, creative writing, poetry, journalism, and academic worlds.

I am also a teacher, a mentor and a freelance writer working in the areas of design, architecture and interiors. I founded and continue to run Portico, a website and collective for aspiring architects. My writing has appeared in various architectural journals and books, and I am a regular contributor to the Design Stories feature of Context Gallery. 

Before moving to Central Europe in 2019, I spent five years at Fearon Hay Architects in Auckland, and two years at Andrew Sexton Architecture in Wellington. I have also regularly run architectural design studio courses at the University of Auckland, and at Victoria University of Wellington, been an invited critic and course moderator, and presented my teaching and research at academic conferences worldwide.


Enquiries & COLLABORATION:

sophie@sophiehamer.com

CV

 

 LIMN : TO DESCRIBE

 Limn is a verb meaning to describe; to depict with paint or with words. To Limn is to wash something existing with a new light, to bring forth new ways of seeing.