Alex Ely

Mae founding director Alex Ely puts forward a bold and progressive vision for the future of urban development in the UK – a new type of place based on connection to nature and sustainable growth

In the last of our series of articles in support of the new Architects’ Action for Affordable Housing campaign, Alex Ely of Mae and Luke Tozer of Pitman Tozer suggest ways the next government could kickstart housebuilding across the UK

As part of our support for the new Architects’ Action for Affordable Housing campaign, the AJ is running a series of weekly articles suggesting how the next government could kickstart housebuilding across the UK

The Mayor of London, with the help of 50 design advocates, is aiming to achieve the right quantity of new housing, at the right quality, in the right places, says Alex Ely

While the manifestos all commit to mass house-building, there is frustratingly little detail on how this will be achieved – or crucially what kind of housing will result, says Alex Ely

The need for space is a matter of collective social choice, says Alex Ely

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes

As planning today becomes an ever-more protracted process, Alex Ely takes a personal look at a book featuring some old-fashioned, even unfashionable, designs

[STIRLING SHORTLIST IN DETAIL] : Theis+ Khan provide a characterful and original addition to the Shoreditch townscape

Creative, artistic and energetic work that is artistic while being intellectually disciplined, spatial, tectonic and environmental