Michele Saee
Michele Saee is an architect based in West Hollywood California. He received his Master of Art in Architecture from the University Of Florence School Of Architecture in 1981 and his post graduate degree in Technical Urban Planning at the Polytechnic of Milan.
Michele worked with Superstudio in Florence and Morphosis in Los Angeles before he started his own design firm Saee Studio in 1985. Michele started teaching in 1986 at Otis College of Art and Design - in 1990 began teaching at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture) and 2013-2018 at USC (University of Southern California).
Michele exhibits lectures and teaches internationally which includes Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) 2013, Venice Architectural Biennale in Italy, 2002 and 2004, Beijing Biennale 2004, and Busan Biennale Korea 2002. He has designed and completed over hundreds of projects in China, France, Italy, United States and Vietnam.
Michele Saee is the recipient of many prestigious awards and author of a recently released biography of his life’s work published by ORO Editions entitled; Michele Saee Philosophy and Process.
Awards
- DNA Paris Design Award 2021 The sphere on Sunset.
- DNA Paris Design Award 2020 Homeless Center
- Architecture Master Prize 2020, Honorable Mention for Tahiti Marina apartments
- Architecture Master Prize 2020, Honorable Mention for Homeless Housing
- City of Beverly Hills Architectural Design Award 2011
- INTERARCH 2009, Special Prize of the Mayor of Strasbourg Silver medal
- Interior Design China, Hall of Fame Award, 2007
- LA 12 Award, 2000
- American Institute of Architects Design Award, 1997
- American Institute of Architects, "next LA" Design Award, 1997
- Emerging Voices 1997 selection by: The Architectural League of New York
- 40 under 40 (honoree in 1995 of the most promising American architects under the age of 40)
- Young Architects Forum Design Award, The Architectural League of New York, 1987
Professional Affiliations
AIA - American Institute of Architects
IAA – International Academy of Architecture
Books
Michele Saee “Philosophy and Process”, ORO Editions Publisher 2020
Michele Saee “Instances of Space”, Mandragora Publisher 2001
Michele Saee “Building and Projects”, RIZZOLI Publisher 1997
Hides, Sketches of Space, Public Access Press, 1996
Sites
www.michelesaee.com
www.saeestudio.com
