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Mæ Director Alex Ely is a guest speaker at the annual Messums architectural symposium on Saturday 4th October.

Taking place in the thirteenth-century tithe barn at Messums West, Tisbury the event looks at the positive impact of innovation in construction and design in confronting some of the many challenges we face in contemporary society. It will consider how thinking differently can present new solutions to old problems and look at how imaginative architectural solutions can help shape our everyday lives.

Director Alex Ely will be joining the Boston Society of Architects on the 2nd October to explore the impact of the London Housing Design Guide on regulation and policy in the UK; and how those lessons can translate to Boston.

Alex will speak alongside Kate Rushe and Sam Naylor of Boston housing architects Utile and Karl Heckmaev from the Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing who will talk about its own design guide for affordable projects, and give context to incoming Boston guides as well.

Mæ Founder Director Alex Ely has been selected to join the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Register of Specialists. Appointed by the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Alex will provide direct advice to ministers on planning reform, building safety, homelessness, and local government effectiveness.

The register has been created to increase the department’s access to scientific networks, broaden its evidence base, identify key areas of research interest for the department, and bolster the provision of scientific advice.

Alex Ely will be delivering a lecture at the Yale School of Architecture on the 23rd September on the subject 'Towards a Resilient Architecture'.

The lecture is for MArch Students on the Environmental Design course. The course examines how the design of buildings in the 21st century are linked to ecological health, indoor environmental health and carbon life cycles. Across all three areas, students examine key ecological theory and principles, bioclimatic design across various climate contexts and thermal comfort standards; followed by an introduction to fundamental scientific principles governing the design and control of thermal, luminous, and acoustic environments of buildings.