MICHAEL MERRILL (1960) born 1960 in La Jolla, California, is an architect, educator and author. He holds a professional degree in architecture from California State University at San Luis Obispo and a doctoral degree from University of Karlsruhe in Germany. He has practiced independently and collaboratively in the U.S.A. and Europe, with prizes in national and international competitions. He has taught architectural design and theory at the Technical Universities in Karlsruhe and Darmstadt, served as a university guest critic, and lectured widely. The recipient of numerous research grants, Merrill has spent extended periods as visiting research faculty at the University of Pennsylvania´s Architectural Archives. He is the author and editor of a series of books based on the design artifacts of Louis Kahn.
