I’m Melis Ugurlu (b.1993, Istanbul), an editor, writer, and designer of architecture based in London. I work independently and collaboratively on publication projects with cultural, curatorial, and academic instituitions, as well as with individuals on a freelance basis. I’m a contributing editor of the Avery Review and write a weekly column of essays on Minor Edits. Previously, I collaborated with Territorial Agency, on How Heavy is a City? for the 2025 Lisbon Triennale and was assistant curator at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, and edited for the Pavilion of Turkey, titled Architecture as Measure and led by Neyran Turan.
︎︎︎MoreSELECTED WORK:
Editorial
︎︎︎The Avery Review︎︎︎Architecture as Measure, Pavilion of Turkey Online Publication
︎︎︎PLAT 6.0 Absence
︎︎︎PLAT 5.5 Re:License
︎︎︎CLOG x Artificial Intelligence
Curatorial, Exhibition, Research
︎︎︎The Pavilion of Turkey, Venice Architecture Biennale 2021︎︎︎Museum of Lost Volumes
︎︎︎STRAIT, SALT Gallery
Writing
︎︎︎Minor Edits: my weekly column on Substack︎︎︎The Elephant in the Gallery
︎︎︎RSVP for Location
︎︎︎The Culture of the Ephemeral, Conglomerate, and Transient
︎︎︎New York Review of Architecture Dispatch: Bowery
Architecture, Interior Design
︎︎︎The Sloane Street Deli︎︎︎Christian Louboutin, La Salvada House
Objects
︎︎︎Pliable: Bag as Billboard︎︎︎3 Feet Deep Records