MM++ Architects

Based in Ho Chi Minh City, MM++ Architects was founded in 2010 by My An Pham Thi and Michael Charruault. The practice is based on three core principles, to create beautiful space for everyday life; to stay free of ready-made solutions; and to have a collaborative creative process. The team work across typologies and scales, focussing on the unique context of each project. mmarchitects.net
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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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