At the Gala of Hope hosted in Nairobi on December 10, 2025, Mariam Issoufou was honored with the 2025 UN Champion of the Earth award for Entrepreneurial Vision. The award is the UNEP’s highest environmental honor.

The ICONIC AWARDS honor innovative projects and sustainable solutions in architecture, product and interior design. The year's most groundbreaking projects are presented on the global stage. This is where the industry's thought leaders come together.

Prix Roux-Dorlut is an award given by the Académie d’Architecture (France) as part of its annual distinctions. It recognizes architectural work distinguished by the quality of its design and, especially, its relationship to a site and landscape.

The Azul Zero Awards are given to individuals and organizations for their work in environmental sustainability. At the ceremony held in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Lanzarote, the jury acknowledged Mariam's work for its "extraordinary contribution to contemporary architecture" and her "ability to transform, through respect for tradition and the use of local materials, the lives of entire communities. Your work is a powerful example of how architecture can be at once sustainable, social, and profoundly human."

Mariam Issoufou was awarded the Architizer Impact in Design Award which recognises architects whose work forms a catalyst for positive change.

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation and landscape architecture.

The Royal Institute of Canada named Mariam Issoufou as one of their 2020 Honorary Fellows. The fellows exemplify the tremendous impact that architects have—not only on the built environment—but public life and the world around them.

The Prize recognises excellence in design and a bright future for women designers under the age of 45, with an emphasis on achievements and completed projects.

The Award celebrate under-recognized contributions to design and uncovers fresh new talent. The prize showcases the Royal Academy’s commitment to the future of architecture and design.

Mariam Issoufou is a 2019 laureate of the Prince Claus Award. The awards are presented to individuals and groups for their outstanding achievements and positive impact in culture and development.

The Dandaji Market was shortlisted for civic building of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019.

The LafargeHolcim Awards seeks leading projects of professionals as well as bold ideas that combine sustainable construction solutions with architectural excellence.

The awards seek leading projects and bold ideas that combine sustainable construction solutions with architectural excellence.

British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye selected Mariam Issoufou as his protégé in the Rolex mentor protégé programme.

ARCHITECT magazine’s R+D Awards honor advances in architecture at every scale, must-have products and digital tools, and newfound building typologies.

Mariam Issoufou was selected to receive the UW Department of Architecture’s Alumni Gold Award. She was the first of three recent alumni to be awarded such an honor.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle awards celebrate excellence in design. Award-winning projects serve to show the outstanding caliber of design produced by Washington-based architects and designers.

The 2016 exhibition, titled It Takes a Community, selected projects that showcased the best work from young designers highlighting community impact and engagement.

Mobile Loitering focused on issues of gender and public space in Niger. Mariam’s research-based design received a special mention in the 2014 Young Architects in Africa Competition.