2024-12-22T05:13:06-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150145577/studio-visits-feix-merlin-architects Ellen Hancock 2019-07-20T05:38:00-04:00 >2019-07-15T20:00:29-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/24/2472d0d8e3d8417fc40a9d78b6f115a0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Julia Feix and Tarek Merlin met while working for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150064249/will-alsop-british-maverick-architect-remembered-after-unexpected-death" target="_blank">Will Alsop</a> at <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/261/all-design" target="_blank">aLL Design</a> in the early 2000s. Encouraged and inspired by Alsop they first collaborated together after winning a competition to design a <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/project/150145732/eyes-wide-shut/150146087" target="_blank">beach house for the 21st on the Lincolnshire coast</a>. Finding a synergy in their approach they have been working together ever since growing their own practice. Now, past the ten-year mark, they are working on larger and more complex projects than ever before including several hotels, one in Hamburg; one in Krakow and another in Warsaw, multiple housing projects and the refurbishment of <a href="https://archinect.com/feixandmerlin/project/walworth-town-hall" target="_blank">Walworth Town Hall in Elephant &amp; Castle</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>I met Julia, Tarek, and the team earlier in the summer to find out more.</p>