Tarek Merlin
Tarek Merlin is co-founder of Feix & Merlin Architects
BlogsElectric Dreams
Pylons have a huge visual and physical impact - if we don’t get them right we all have to live the consequences
BlogsSeasonal adjustment
The Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion has delighted for more than a decade. But is it time to change the architectural criterion?
BlogsArchitects have moved on from this outdated caricature
A discussion on the profession revealed that many still regard us as out-of-touch client-ignoring Hooray Henrys
BlogsHigh Street living
What intrigued me when I was ten, as it still does today, was the bizarre quality of living somewhere where you are not supposed to.
BlogsLost in the supermarket
Surely there’s an alternative to the joyless experience that food shopping has become
BlogsFoster comes across better than his buildings
Last week I was invited to a screening of How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? at the ICA, a documentary profile of the award-winning architect Norman Foster.
BlogsWeekends away
Planning a weekend get away for a bunch of architect friends can be a bit of a poisoned chalice.
BlogsIs this the end of playtime?
Google’s new offices follow the familiar workplace-as-playground theme. So is it time we started to get serious about work?
BlogsAfter a fashion
Architecture and fashion owe a great deal to one another, but the partnership is not always a match made in heaven
