PUBLICATIONS

Critical Features

HUNKER Magazine
Architect of Impact – Maryam Eskandari
Hunker Editor interviews Maryam on the positions the work as a model for architecture as social practice, foregrounding design as a tool for cultural agency and community transformation.

The New York Times
A Children’s Museum Surprise Blockbuster: A Show on Islam
The NYT frames the exhibition as a spatial platform for cultural translation, demonstrating how architecture can mediate identity, perception, and public understanding.

Archinect
Maryam Eskandari on Weaving Together Her Islamic Faith with Architecture Practice
Nicholas Korody examines how MIIM Designs and Maryam articulates a practice rooted in cultural and spiritual frameworks, challenging dominant secular narratives in contemporary architecture.

NPR
Mosque Architecture in America
NPR’s Charles Monroe positions MIIM Designs/Maryam’s work within national discourse on religion, identity, and the public role of architecture in shaping inclusive civic space across cities throughout North America.

CBC
Architect Maryam Eskandari and the Modern Mosque
Mary Hynes examines Maryam’s research and the epistomology of mosques as contemporary spatial typology, negotiating tradition, gender, and evolving community needs.

PRI / The World
This Architect Says the Most Important Feature of a Mosque is its Sustainability
Reframes sacred architecture through ecological performance, aligning spirituality with environmental responsibility.

BBC News
Muslim America Moves Away from the Minaret
Situates the work within broader cultural shifts, highlighting new architectural languages for diasporic identity.

Architecture, Advocacy, and Public Voice

Huffington Post
10 American Muslim Women You Should Know
Recognizes the work as part of a broader movement advancing representation and leadership in architecture and public life.

Newsweek
Arts Projects Aim to ‘Build Bridges’
Positions the practice within global conversations on cultural diplomacy and cross-cultural exchange through design.

Azizah Magazine
Spatial Sunnah: An Architect for the 21st Century
Frames the work as an integration of ethical, spiritual, and spatial practice, expanding architecture’s cultural and philosophical scope.

Daily Princetonian
Eskandari Speaks on American Mosques
Highlights the role of the architect as a public intellectual engaging questions of identity, space, and representation.

Exhibitions + Cultural Work

Wall Street Journal
Learning by Doing at the Children’s Museum
Positions the exhibition as a model for experiential learning environments, where architecture operates through interaction and participation.

Associated Press / AFP
New York Museum Lets Children Discover…
Frames the project as a global cultural interface, translating complex histories into accessible public experience.

Brooking Institute
Made in America: How Children’s Museum of Manhattan Feeds Children’s Minds and Hearts
Positions the work done by MIIM Designs and the exhibit as a notion of play.

Huffington Post
America to Zanzibar Exhibit Showcases Diversity
Highlights the exhibition as a platform for cross-cultural understanding and shared narratives.

Voice of America
NYC Children’s Museum Celebrates Diversity
Positions the work within a national discourse on inclusion, identity, and cultural representation.

NBC News
America to Zanzibar Exhibition Brings Culture to NYC
Recognizes the project’s role in bridging global cultures through spatial storytelling.

Times of Israel
New York Museum Lets Children Discover…
Emphasizes the exhibition as a site of cultural encounter and dialogue across communities.

Disciplinary Debate + Institutional Work

The Architect’s Newspaper
Second Apology
Situates the work within broader disciplinary critique, engaging architecture’s role in institutional accountability and cultural discourse.

Archinect
Architects Respond to AIA’s Statement
Positions the practice as an active participant in professional and ethical debates shaping the field.

Design + Humanitarian Practice

Inhabitat
Architecture for Humanity Relaunches as Open Architecture Collaborative
Highlights engagement in redefining humanitarian design as a collaborative, global practice.

Architizer
Rebooting Humanitarian Design: The Open Architecture Collaborative Is Born
Frames the work within a shift toward collective, networked models of practice beyond traditional authorship.

Additional Feature

Ismaili Mail
Architectural Guru Designs Inspiring Solutions for Social Impact
Positions the work as a design-led approach to social and environmental transformation, emphasizing impact beyond form-making.