Tabeen Atelier
Architecture Studio — Est. MMX
Zürich / London / Tokyo
studio@atelierform.com
© 2026

Notes on architecture.

Essay

The Pleasure of the Unresolved: Notes on Incompleteness in Architecture

There is a category of building that holds something back — that refuses to fully explain itself. We argue that this quality of productive ambiguity is among the highest achievements in the discipline.

Isabelle MeierMarch 202512 min read

Field notes

Visiting Sverre Fehn: A Second Time

A return to Fehn's Hamar Museum, ten years later, and what has changed in the intervening decade — in the building, and in us.

Tomas VargaJan 2025

Practice

On Drawing by Hand in the Age of Parametric Design

Why we still begin every project with pencil on paper — and why we believe computational tools are most powerful when they follow, not precede, drawing.

Clara HoffmannNov 2024

Landscape

Ground as Architecture: The Landscape of Mörschwil

How we approached the public realm around our cultural centre commission — treating the ground plane as an architectural element equal to any wall or roof.

Isabelle MeierSep 2024

Material

Raw Concrete: A Defence

Against the grain of current opinion, we make the case for béton brut as one of architecture's most humane and enduring materials — when used honestly.

Tomas VargaJul 2024

Opinion

Why Architecture Schools Are Getting It Wrong

A critical look at contemporary architectural education — what is taught, what is ignored, and what the profession is consequently missing in its next generation.

Isabelle MeierMay 2024

Interview

A Conversation with Peter Märkli on the Nature of Form

We sit down with the Zurich architect whose influence on our practice has been profound — to discuss proportion, craft, and the discipline of saying no.

Tabeen AtelierFeb 202418 min read