Sophie Grell

Sophie-Charlotte Grell is an architect, artist and lighting designer based in Vienna, where she founded Studio Sophie Grell in 2018. The practice has since expanded from architecture into light, art and mediation. Her current work ranges from lighting concepts and interiors to art installations, frequently in existing buildings and realised in collaboration with artists and curators. As a registered mediator for planning, building and environmental matters, she leads participatory processes and takes the resulting projects through to design — from the first negotiation with users and stakeholders to the built result. Prior to establishing her own practice she worked as designer and head designer at Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, Mexico City and Los Angeles. She holds a teaching position at the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and is a licensed architect in Austria.