Michele Saee

Michele Saee (born December 2, 1956) is a Los Angeles–based architect, designer and educator.

Early life and education Saee was born in Tehran, Iran. In 1981, he received his Master of Art in Architecture degree from the University of Florence Italy. In 1982, Saee received his post graduate degree in Technical Urban Planning at the Polytechnic of Milan. In 1985, Saee started his own architectural design office in Los Angeles.

Career Saee started his professional career working with the avant-garde architectural office of Superstudio (Natalini, Toraldo Di Francia, Magris and Frassinelli) in Florence and joined Morphosis (Mayne, Rotondi) when he moved to Los Angeles in 1983.

Saee taught environmental and architectural design at Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles. In 1990, Saee began teaching at the Southern Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and other schools in the U.S. and abroad. Saee exhibits and lectures on architecture in many countries around the world. Saee's exhibitions includes: "The Venice Architectural Biennial 2002, Italy", "Busan Biennial, Korea 2002", "Venice Architectural Biennial 2004", and "The First Architectural Biennial Beijing China 2004".

Saee started his design studio in 1985, since then he has designed more than 100 projects and more than half of them are built.

Teaching

University of southern California, USC, Los Angeles, California, Visiting Professor, 2012 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California, 1990–2007, Visiting Professor Spring 2009, 2010 Public Access Press Committee (founding group), 1994 WASC Accreditation Advisory Board, 1995 Tecnologico De Monterrey, CADi Cuorso de Actualizacion en las Disciplinas, Guadalajara Mexico, June 2010 UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, School of Architecture, Visiting Professor, 2001 Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, Visiting Professor, 1998–99 RWTH Aachen, Germany, Lehr-und Forschungsgebiet Architekturtheorie, Visiting professor, January 1999 UCLA Extension, Santa Monica, California,1995–1998 Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, California,1986–1990

Major projects Completed Bay Cities Appliances Showroom Beverly Hills, California, US, 2011 Hodjatie Residence, Pacific Palisades, California, US, 2010 Sky exhibition Pavilion, Beijing, China, 2007 The Museum of Antiquity, 2006 Template house, Beijing, China, 2005 Publicis Drugstore, Paris, France, 2004 Café Nescafe, Paris, France, 2004 Linnie House, Venice, California, US, 2004 Cellular fantasy, Santa Monica, California, SA, 2003 Beverly Hills Cosmetic Dental Clinic, Beverly Hills, California, 1992 Pave Jewelry Store, Brentwood, California, 1991 Sun House, Fullerton, California, 1990 Ecru Clothing Store, Marina del Rey, California, 1989 Angeli Mare, Marina del Rey, California, 1989 Jones-Chapman Residence, Brentwood, California, Ecru Clothing Store, Phase II/Melrose, Los Angeles, California, 1988 Design Express Furniture Store, Los Angeles, California, 1987 Ecru Clothing Store, Los Angeles, California, 1987 Trattoria Angeli, Los Angeles, California, 1986 434 Apartment Complex, Los Angeles, California, 1986 Tahiti Marina Apartments & Dock, Marina Del Rey, California, US Glenroy Residence, Los Angeles, California, US Qingdao Bridge, Qingdao, China Underwater World Xiamen, Xiamen, China

In Progress Sun Rise Apartments, Los Angeles, California, US Sherman Way Apartments, Los Angeles, California, US Lincoln mixed-used Commercial/Residential Unit Addition, Santa Monica, California, US Robertson Commercial & Office, Los Angeles, California, US Altshuler Residence, pacific palisades, California, US Maple Apartments Rehabilitation, Beverly Hills, California, US

Awards City of Beverly Hills Architectural Design Award, 2011 Interarch, 2009 Interior Design China, Hall of Fame Award, 2007 LA 12 Award, 2000, Interarch 2009, Special Prize of the Mayor of Strasbourg Silver medal Interior Design China, 2007, Hall of Fame Award. LA 12 Award, 2000. American Institute of Architects Design Award, 1997. American Institute of Architects, 1997, "next LA" Design Award. " Emerging Voices", 1997, selection by “The Architectural League of New York” "40 under 40", 1995, (the most promising American architects under the age of 40) "Young Architects Forum Design Award," 1987, The Architectural League of New York