Mariam Issoufou is the founder and principal of architecture and research practice, Mariam Issoufou Architects/atelier masōmī. The firm tackles public, cultural, residential, commercial and urban design projects. It is headquartered in Niamey, with a design studio in New York. The firm’s completed projects include the Hikma Community Complex, which won two Global LafargeHolcim Awards for sustainable architecture and Niamey 2000 Housing project, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Mariam is a professor of Architecture Heritage and Sustainability at ETH Zurich.