ARB, MA (Hons) Arch, Dip Arch

Sofia Karim has practised architecture for over 20 years at studios including Norman Foster’s in London, Peter Eisenman’s in New York and Doone Silver Kerr where she was an Associate. She trained at the University of Edinburgh and the Bartlett, where she won the Banister Fletcher medal for first place in Diploma. She was nominated for the RIBA medals for both degree and diploma. In 2018 she went freelance. She lectures on architecture and has been a visiting critic at Westminster School of Architecture and the RCA. Her on-going work An Architecture of Disappearance has been presented at Cambridge University, Harvard, University California Santa Cruz, San José Museum of Art and the V&A. In November 2023 she initiated Architects For Palestine / Tragic Turn (@tragicturn), offering architectural design advice for everyday projects to raise funds for Gaza.

Projects List

  • London International Financial Futures Exchange building, London (Foster and Partners)

  • Al Faisaliah Centre, Riyadh (Foster and Partners)

  • Competition for Selfridges store, London (Foster and Partners)

  • Masterplan for City Hall, Headquarters for the London Mayor and Assembly, (Foster and Partners)

  • Tower Place, London (Foster and Partners)

  • Stornoway House, London (Foster and Partners)

  • Chesham place, London (Foster and Partners)

  • Competition for Manhattan West Side, urban design and master planning (Eisenman Architects in collaboration with SOM)

  • City of Culture, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Eisenman Architects)

  • The Aviator Hotel, Farnborough (BFLS)

  • Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion Hotel, London (BLFS)

  • 11-15 Grosvenor Crescent, London (BFLS)

  • 103 Colmore Row, Birmingham (Doone Silver Kerr)

  • Sunlight House, Manchester (Doone Silver Kerr)

  • Roppongi Hills Residences, Tokyo (Doone Silver Kerr)

Featured images courtesy of Foster and Partners, BFLS, Doone Silver Kerr, & Sofia Karim