Domus 100+ Best Architecture Firms
atelier masōmī is honored to be part of this guide that comprises 110 profiles of the world’s most innovative architecture practices.
atelier masōmī is honored to be part of the Domus' 100+ best architecture firms 2019. The guide comprises 110 profiles of the world’s most innovative architecture practices. Driven not by status or number of completed projects – though prolific figures naturally feature among the nominations – the offices are selected by the 10 past editors of Domus, alongside its current one, to give a snapshop of architecture around the world today.
Finalist for the 2019 Royal Academy Dorfman Award
The Dorfman Award champions new talent in architecture. It is awarded to an emerging architects who are re-imagining the future of architecture and whose work demonstrates a high degree of sensitivity to local and global context.
The Royal Academy Dorfman Award champions new talent in architecture. It is awarded to an emerging architect, practice or collective who are re-imagining the future of architecture and whose work demonstrates a high degree of sensitivity to local and global context.
Elle Decor's A-List Architecture 2019!
We can not express how thankful and humbled we are for this honor!
We can not express how thankful and humbled we are for this honor! The Latest Elle Decor issue is on sale now!
Mariam Kamara is also talking about architecture and practicing in Africa in this month’s issue as well:
Our market in Dandaji is completed!
We are so happy and humbled to have been there to witness our regional day market of Dandaji’s opening day! It was a wonderful day where we got to watch the merchants appropriate the place for themselves and the community (especially the children) discover and spend their entire day enjoying the new amenity.
We are so happy and humbled to have been there to witness our regional day market of Dandaji’s opening day! It was a wonderful day where we got to watch the merchants appropriate the place for themselves and the community (especially the children) discover and spend their entire day enjoying the new amenity.
Design is as crucial as politics
We are excited to announce that Mariam will be speaking at the upcoming Design Indaba 2019 in CapeTown. Read what she has to say about design and the role it must play in Africa’s self-identity and confidence, and why architecture is so important to the continent’s future.
We are excited to announce that Mariam will be speaking at the upcoming Design Indaba 2019 in CapeTown. Read what she has to say about design and the role it must play in Africa’s self-identity and confidence, and why architecture is so important to the continent’s future.
Oumou Soumaré joins the team.
After a long search and many amazing candidates, meet atelier masomi’s new addition: Oumou Soumaré! Oumou is a young graduate from Ibn Khaldoun University in Tunisia who has worked in Niger and Senegal. She it committed to an architecture that fits its intended users and respects their narratives. An architecture that relies on simplicity to produce richness.
Welcome Oumou!
After a long search and many amazing candidates, meet atelier masomi’s new addition: Oumou Soumaré! Oumou is a young graduate from Ibn Khaldoun University in Tunisia who has worked in Niger and Senegal. She it committed to producing an architecture that fits its intended users and their narratives. An architecture that relies on simplicity in order to produce richness.
Welcome Oumou!
Global Lafarge Holcim Award Handover
Global LafargeHolcim Awards 2018 winners (l-r): Bronze – Eric Mahoney and Constance Bodurow, studio[Ci], USA; Gold – Loreta Castro, Taller Capital and Manuel Perló, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico; and Silver – Mariam Kamara, Atelier Masomi, Niger and Yasaman Esmaili, Studio Chahar, Iran.
Global LafargeHolcim Awards 2018 winners (l-r): Bronze – Eric Mahoney and Constance Bodurow, studio[Ci], USA; Gold – Loreta Castro, Taller Capital and Manuel Perló, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico; and Silver – Mariam Kamara, Atelier Masomi, Niger and Yasaman Esmaili, Studio Chahar, Iran.
Come join our team: we're hiring.
Are you looking to join our dynamic team in Niamey? We currently have openings.
Want to join our team in Niamey? We currently have openings!
Executive Assistant. Must be perfectly bilingual French/English. Please send CV and motivation letter to recruitment@ateliermasomi.com
Architect. This is a 1-2 year position, with possibility to make it permanent, that requires relocating to Niamey, Niger. Please send Portfolio and CV to recruitment@ateliermasomi.com
Rolex Press Conference at the Venice Biennale
Rolex mentor Sir David Adjaye and protégé Mariam Kamara have reveal plans for mentorship at the 16th International Architecture Venice Biennale. The duo is to create a new cultural centre in Niamey, Niger that meets local needs.
Rolex mentor Sir David Adjaye and protégé Mariam Kamara have reveal plans for mentorship at the 16th International Architecture Venice Biennale. The duo is to create a new cultural centre in Niamey, Niger that meets local needs.
Silver Award for the Global LafargeHolcim Prize!
After winning the LafargeHolcim Gold Award for sustainable building for Africa and Middle East, our Religious-secular project in Niger has now won Silver in the Global Competition for LafargeHolcim. The project came from a great design collaboration between Mariam Kamara and Yasaman Esmaili https://www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/projects/legacy-restored
After winning the LafargeHolcim Gold Award for sustainable building for Africa and Middle East, our Religious-secular project in Niger has now won Silver in the Global Competition for LafargeHolcim. The project came from a great design collaboration between Mariam Kamara and Yasaman Esmaili https://lnkd.in/eBQ_s8u
Q&A: Mariam Kamara
Riba Journal interviews Mariam for in their March 2018 issue
Riba Journal interviews Mariam for in their March 2018 issue
Mariam Kamara featured on Design Indaba's website.
Design Indaba
The two architects will work together for two years as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Read more
Design Indaba
The two architects will work together for two years as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Read more
Mariam Kamara to be mentored by Sir David Adjaye.
Rolex has announced four new mentors and protégés for the prestigious Rolex Arts Initiative. In the architecture category, Sir David Adjaye was selected as mentor and Mariam will be his protégée in 2018-2019.
Rolex has announced four new mentors and protégés for the prestigious Rolex Arts Initiative. In the architecture category, Sir David Adjaye was selected as mentor and Mariam will be his protégée in 2018-2019.
The Ghana-born British architect Sir David Adjaye is renowned for major projects worldwide such as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, in Washington DC. He heads the firm Adjaye Associates.
In keeping with its tradition of supporting individual excellence, the Rolex Arts Initiative is meant to give emerging artists time to learn, create and grow. This year, the 2018-2019 program will run for an extended period of two years to give protégés more time to work with their mentors. In the previous years, this program has lasted for 12 months.
We were on Africa News' Morning Call today!
We were on African News' Morning Call show today, talking about contemporary African architecture and how it is important that we start focusing on creating spaces that take into account our local realities and cultures. Watch it here
We were on Africa News' Morning Call show today, talking about contemporary African architecture and how it is important that we start focusing on creating spaces that take into account our local realities and cultures. Watch it here
Our Hikma Project just won the Regional Lafarge Holcim Gold Award!
The winners of the LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 winners for Middle East Africa were announced in Nairobi, Kenya on September 7th 2017.
The winners of the LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 winners for Middle East Africa were announced in Nairobi, Kenya on September 7th 2017. Our Hikma project, designed in collaboration with Yasaman Esmaili of Studio Chahar, won the top prize. Read more about the competition our winning entry here.