Happy New Year! /January 1, 2015 by Studio MIIM

From all of us here at MIIM Designs, we wish you a wonderful New Year 2015!

Join us, MIIM Designs, as we celebrate the new year at our Palo Alto studio, along with our friends La Boulange Café.

Home 1, 2, 3.... (Main) House, (Additional) House. Indoor | Outdoor.
#wip #modernarchitecture #california
#modernhome #NorCalarchitecture #PaloAltohomes #plan #shadow #siteanalysis

WIP: understanding of architecture as a field of coordination - one that can persist physically while withdrawing from recognition.

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 typo

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 experien

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, infrastru

LANGUAGE.
The whole projects summed up in a diagram.

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

Regenerative Infrastructures | LAX | LA2028 | Phone Sketch

#la2028 #la2028olympics #architecture #elsegundo #LosAngeles

Happy Holidays, from MIIM.

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-sedim

Roaming in the desert. #sitevisit
#WIP #diné.
#حسن_فتحی

#WIP
Tracing lines that once divided, now remembered; exploring the stories, journey, and echoes of the 1947 Partition. History is never static; it moves, folds, and reframes.

FALL EQUINOX
Monday, September 22, 2025 11:19am PST

At the meeting point of three seasons, #ArataIsozaki Fall/Spring bedroom hovers, both literally and conceptually, between enclosure and openness, between heaven and earth. The floor folds into a w

#WIP We've been discussing about architecture as a living organism, part structure, part landscape, part story, that’s always in motion. Experimenting with  porous materials because materials have memories, landscapes have  rhythms, a

There is a tradition here, cultivated by McCoy, by the salons of Pauline Schindler, by the MAK Center - @makcenter - itself. A tradition of slow work. Thinking work. Work that listens. That is where we belong. That is where we place ourselves.

If th

IN SUPPORT OF TRUJILLO ADOBE JOIN US at the TAMALE FESTIVAL 🫔 🫔 🫔

The Trujillo Adobe is more than just an old building—it is one of Riverside’s most enduring links to its early history. Built around 1862, this structure predates the

LA Fires Recovery: How to Save Your Trees

Did you know that you can preserve trees on your property after the LA fires? LA County and the Army Corps have issued tree waivers, allowing homeowners to protect their valuable trees.

Here's what you need

UPDATE:

Dear Clients, Colleagues, and Friends:

We wanted to update you regarding where MIIM’s operation stands during the ongoing fires that are taking place across Los Angeles and Southern California. 

First, your companies’ hea

Manhattan Beach Restoration Project
Collaboration: The Bay Foundation | The State Coastal Conservancy | Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors | Coastal Restoration Consultants | The City of Manhattan Beach

Context
The history of Manh