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, USA, 2011
Hodjatie Residence, Pacific Palisades, California, USA, 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, USA, 2004
Cellular fantasy, Santa Monica, California, USA, 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, USA Glenroy Residence, Los Angeles, California, USA Qingdao Bridge, Qingdao, China Underwater World Xiamen, Xiamen, China
In Progress
Sun Rise Apartments, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sherman Way Apartments, Los Angeles, California, USA
Lincoln mixed-used Commercial/Residential Unit Addition, Santa Monica, California, USA Robertson Commercial & Office, Los Angeles, California, USA Altshuler Residence, pacific palisades, California, USA Maple Apartments Rehabilitation, Beverly Hills, California, USA
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