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DESIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY + COMMUNITY INTO LIVED EXPERIENCES
architecture • urbanism • research • public art
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WIP: understanding of architecture as a field of coordination - one that can persist physically while withdrawing from recognition. taken in MIIM Designs by @_miimdesigns

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12 days ago

Adaptive Reuse.
Armstrong Rubber Company building, formerly Pirelli Tire and now Hotel Marcel, designed by Marcel Breuer and Robert Gatje and completed in 1970. taken in New Haven, Connecticut by @_miimdesigns

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14 days ago

New Conversation for The Architect’s Newspaper:
Maryam recently spoke with Ziad Jamaleddine of L.E.F.T. Architects about "At the Edge of Where God Built"—a book that asks what architecture might recover when we look beyond typology toward language, ritual, and spatial knowledge.

Read the full conversation in The Architect’s Newspaper (link above).
@archpaper
@leftarchitects
@ziad_jamaleddine
@miim_esk
@_miimdesigns taken in New York City by @_miimdesigns

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2 months ago

The MAK Center is pleased to present a book launch celebrating "At the Edge of Where God Built: Language. Concepts. Islamic Architecture." Join us on Thursday, July 30 at the MAK Center at the Schindler House for a conversation between Ziad Jamaleddine of L.E.FT Architects and architect and urban designer Maryam Eskandari.

The book undertakes a critical examination of L.E.FT Architects’ work from the past decade, reorganizing their designs, research, and pedagogy around five key Arabic spatial terms: mataf (circumambulation space), jami (mosque space), riwaq (a courtyard’s colonnade), dar (domestic space), and khirba (a ruin). Rooted in Arab-speaking, Islamic geographies of the Middle East and North Africa, these concepts offer a framework for understanding contemporary architecture beyond fixed typologies, revealing its fluid and multifaceted possibilities.

Copies of At the Edge of Where God Built will be available for purchase during the event. For more information and to RSVP, please visit the link in our bio.

@leftarchitects @ziad_jamaleddine @miim_esk @_miimdesigns

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At the Edge of Where God Built Book Launch
MAK Center at the Schindler House
835 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood
July 30, 2026, 6:00 PM by @_miimdesigns

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3 months ago

JUNETEENTH

Today, on Juneteenth (June 19), we pause to reflect on freedom, resilience, and the ongoing pursuit of equity in America.

At MIIM Designs, we're spending part of the day reading Seeking El Dorado, a collection that explores the experiences, contributions, and histories of African Americans in California. The book reminds us that the stories of place, community, and opportunity are deeply connected to the landscapes we design and the cities we inhabit.

As designers, we believe the built environment is more than space—it is memory, culture, and a reflection of who is included in our collective future. Juneteenth invites us to honor the struggles and achievements that have shaped our communities while continuing to imagine more just and inclusive places for everyone.

#Juneteenth #June19 #AfricanAmericanHistory #californiahistory taken in Los Angeles, California by @_miimdesigns

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3 months ago

What if restoring urban nature meant repairing histories, habitats, and relationships all at once?
At MIIM, we’re inspired by projects that challenge conventional approaches to urban ecology and expand how we think about stewardship, infrastructure, and design justice.

@miim_esk “Reparative Ecologies of Return: Rewilding the El Segundo Gateway” — featured in @theplanmag The Plan Journal’s Fall 2025 issue, The Nature of Cities — offers a vision for ecological and cultural repair through landscape architecture.

Situated between the Chevron Refinery and @flylaxairport LAX, the project reimagines a constrained urban corridor as multispecies infrastructure: reconnecting hydrological systems, supporting the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly, and translating Tongva spatial knowledge into a contemporary civic landscape.

The work asks us to reconsider what urban regeneration can mean — not simply beautification, but reciprocity, memory, and long-term care.

Read the full paper: https://www.theplanjournal.com/article/reparative-ecologies-return-rewilding-el-segundo-gateway

#urbanecology #rewilding #environmentaljustice taken in Lax International Airport Los Angeles California by @_miimdesigns

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5 months ago

LANGUAGE.
The whole projects summed up in a diagram. taken in MIIM Designs by @_miimdesigns

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5 months ago

MIIM Designs is currently seeking new members to join our architectural team. We are looking for talented and dedicated individuals to fill the positions outlined below. To be considered, please submit a cover letter, resume, portfolio, and a list of three references (including contact information and your relationship to each reference) as a single PDF file (maximum 20 MB) to Studio[at]miimdesigns.com. Be sure to include the appropriate subject line specified for each position. Your cover letter must clearly indicate your eligibility to work in the United States. Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We appreciate your understanding.

#hiring

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https://www.miimdesigns.com/contact by @_miimdesigns

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6 months ago

#essay | “Publishing as Spatial Infrastructure: Maryam Eskandari in the Schindler House.”

Architect, educator, advocate and principal of MIIM Designs @_miimdesigns, Maryam Eskandari @miim_esk takes a holistic view of spatial practice. Writing from her experience of the 1922 Schindler House — now operational as the Reading Room of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in West Hollywood @makcenter — this essay sees Eskandari drawing published matter into the realm of spatial and political infrastructure.

Read the essay on koozarch.com by @_miimdesigns

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7 months ago

Regenerative Infrastructures | LAX | LA2028 | Phone Sketch

#la2028 #la2028olympics #architecture #elsegundo #LosAngeles taken in Lax International Airport Los Angeles California by @_miimdesigns

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9 months ago

Happy Holidays, from MIIM. taken in El Segundo, Calif. by @_miimdesigns

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9 months ago

Sediment, not waste. Accumulation, not rupture.
Our work is both manifesto and method: a living archive where material experiments settle into architecture shaped by care, continuity, and transformation. www.miimdesigns.com/blog/2025/12/17/soil-sediment-and-memory-dar-al-islam-hassan-fathy-and-the-architecture-of-layering
#wip #sitevisit #diné
#حسن_فتحی taken in Abiquiu, New Mexico by @_miimdesigns

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10 months ago