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Sophie Crews

NZ Registered Architect Practicing
Studio John Irving Architects Auckland Email them
Sophie Crews
An Associate at Studio John Irving Architects, with a thoughtful design approach and strong client relationships. I have had the joy of leading a range of high-profile projects for SJI, with a focus on delivering well-resolved, human-centred outcomes. I am passionate about creating architecture that is socially impactful and enduring. Alongside my design work, I bring strengths in strategy, organisation and project leadership, and I am driven by a long-term goal to contribute meaningfully to the future of housing in Aotearoa.

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Te Arai Links Suites

The Te Arai Links Suites are 48 hotel studio units, offering a refined coastal retreat, blending understated luxury with natural materials and expansive views of the surrounding dunes and ocean.
Year of Completition
2021
Type
Commercial
Role
Project Design Lead in collaboration with JWA Architects
Te Arai Links Suites

Tractor House

Tractor House is conceived as a simple courtyard home embedded within the Te Arai dunes, orienting open-plan living and generous overhangs toward expansive ocean views while remaining low, quiet, and subservient to the landscape.
Year of Completition
2020
Type
Residential
Role
Project Architect
Tractor House

Ric's

Ric’s Pizza Barn is a relaxed, characterful gathering place that reinterprets the humble rural shed as a warm, social destination for woodfired pizza, music, and mini putt on the playground practice green.
Year of Completition
2022
Type
Hospitality
Role
Project Architect
Ric's

Bunker Bar

A sculptural concrete bunker embedded in the dune landscape, Bunker Bar offers an intimate, atmospheric retreat where architecture, craft cocktails, and panoramic coastal views converge.
Year of Completition
2023
Type
Small Project Hospitality
Role
Project Architect
Bunker Bar