Michael Hennessey
 
Michael Hennessey designs quiet architecture that serves the activities of life, as evidenced in his addition to an existing bungalow in San Carlos, California, that made a connection to the outdoors an integral part of family routine. Hennessey’s work is site specific and responsive to climate, and he aims to create projects that contribute to a long-lasting built environment. hennesseyarchitect.com
  
  
  
  
  
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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