Award + Conference: ‘40 Under 40’ –
World Architecture Festival (WAF)

Isaac Michan, founding principal at M.A., is named one of North America’s top architects under 40 years old. He will attend the WAF 2025 in Miami on November 12-14, 2025 where M.A.’s work will be showcased.

Exhibition: Feedback Genova —
Urban Romanticism

Organized by the University of Genoa (UniGe) and Florida International University (FIU) in fall 2025, M.A.’s work is featured in an exhibition focused on redefining “the boundaries between architecture, music, fashion, and the visual arts.” Curated by MONAD Studio, the show features works by Zaha Hadid Architects, Asymptote, Jürgen H. Mayer, Iris van Herpen, Fabian Marcaccio, and others.

Award: Scenic Garden / Jardín Escénico wins Iconos Del Diseño 2025

Architectural Digest (AD) México and Latin America announced Scenic Garden / Jardín Escénico as ‘Project of the Year’ in the Landscape Architecture category.

Award: The Architect’s Newspaper,
2025 ‘Best of Practice’ Awards 

M.A. has been selected as Mexico’s Best Architect in the Small Firm category. Unlike design awards, this annual award program celebrates AEC firms based on design, culture, and social impact.

Exhibition: 2025 Atlas of Contemporary Architecture in Mexico

M.A. is part of a group exhibition at the Museum Amparo of Puebla.

Exhibition: Cities Connection Project 07. Architectures in Transition

Scenic Garden / Jardín Escénico is featured in a group show around the central theme of “Collective Housing” at the MEXTRÓPOLI Festival 2025 in Mexico City. 

Award: C294 APT longlisted in the AZ Awards

Canada’s leading design magazine, AZURE, highlights our recent multifamily residential project in the ‘Adaptive Reuse’ category.

Award: M.A. selected as Top 30 Architecture Firm in Mexico

Recognized by Architzer in previous years, M.A. is named one of the 30 top architecture firms practicing in Mexico in 2025.

Award: Scenic Garden / Jardín Escénico named Mexico’s Most Innovative Building in 2024

Expansión Magazine’s selected the performing arts and public space project as ‘Building of the Year’ in the Innovation category.

Award: M.A. selected as Top 30 Architecture Firm in Mexico

Architizer names M.A. one of the 30 top architecture firms practicing in Mexico in 2023.

Exhibition: Brutalismo Arquitectónico En México at the Museum Of Modern Art  
 

DL1310 is part of a group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.

Award: M.A  selected as Top 25 Architecture Firm in Mexico  

Archello names M.A. one of the 25 top architecture firms practicing in Mexico in 2023.

Award: M.A. selected as Top 30 Architecture Firm in Mexico

Architizer names M.A. one of the 30 top architecture firms practicing in Mexico in 2022.

Jury  + Conference: AIA Dallas 2022 Unbuilt Design Awards

Isaac Michan invited to take part as one of the jury members at the AIA Dallas Unbuilt Design Awards.

Award: M.A selected as Top 25 Architecture Firm in Mexico City

Archello names M.A. one of the 25 top architecture firms practicing in Mexico City in 2022.

Award: M.A wins first prize to build an urban park and performing arts buildings in Mexico City

Michan Architecture wins its first public project located in Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City in 2022.

Publication: Bitácora No. 46, UNAM Architecture Journal.
“Fayuca: Smuggling of Media in Mexican Architecture.”

Juan Cantú writes in Bitácora No. 46 about the role of digital media in contemporary Mexican architecture and Michan’s contribution to hybridizing digital and material practices.

Publication: The Praxis Journal

“Entre la tecnología y lo tradicional” Isaac Michan Daniel talks with Vivian Urfeig for the argentinian publication "The Praxis Journal".

Award: AIANY Design Awards 2021

DL1310 Apartments in collaboration with Young & Ayata is recognized by the American Institute of Architecture New York with an Honor Award AIANY Design Awards 2021.

Publication: Gabriel Esquivel takls with Isaac Michan for Agencia Magazine

Agencia in an architectural journal which strives to create cultural agency for architects.

Lecture: Isaac Michan lectures at CU Denver College and Planning

CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning Fall 2020 Lecture Series.

Lecture: Isaac Michan lectures at The Architectural League of NY

As part of the League Prize program Formlessfinder and Michan Architecture share their work, followed by a moderated discussion with Mira Henry.

Shortlist: Invited Competition, Joshua Tree

M.A selected to design a Wellness Center in Joshua Tree, California.

Exhibition: The League Prize 2020 – The Architectural League of New York

As part of The League Prize 2020 program, M.A presented “Material Articulations,” a short film exploring the studio’s approach to material and digital experimentation.

Conversation: The League Prize 2020 – The Architectural League of New York
“Seeing Through the Cracks”

The Architectural League of New York interviewed Isaac Michan Daniel as part of The League Prize 2020 program.

Award: M.A. Wins The Architectural League Prize 2020

The Architectural League Prize is an annual competition, lecture series, and exhibition organized by The Architectural League of New York and its Young Architects + Designers Committee.

Publication: Serious Playfulness – Azure Magazine 2020

Artifizi and Toronto’s Partisans speak with emerging studios around the globe, including Michan Architecture, Young & Ayata, Schaum/Shieh, Miracles Architecture, and Paralx about how they dream big while building both their projects and their ethos.

Award: Design Vanguard 2019 – Architectural Record

M.A. was named one of Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard firms of 2019. Started in 2000, Design Vanguard is an annual feature that highlights emerging practices from around the world “demonstrating inventive approaches to shaping the built environment.”

Award: P/A Award 2019 – Architect Magazine

The DL1310 Apartment Building, designed in collaboration with Young & Ayata, received the 2019 Progressive Architecture Award from Architect Magazine.
 

Award: Entre Muros 2019

OKU received 2nd Prize in the Commercial Category of the EntreMuros Awards.

Award: American Architecture Prize 2017

AL Apartment received Honorable Mention in the Interior Design / Residential category.

Exhibition: ER-RE, São Paulo, 2017

Mat and object drawings exhibited at Estranhando o Real – Realizando o Estranho.

Shortlist: Mextrópoli Competition 2017

Urban Pillows finalist at Pabellón Mextrópoli competition.

Award: Architizer 2015

Z53 Social Housing, awarded in the Low Cost Hosing category.

Publication: Betonart 2015

Isaac Michan writes in Betonart, Turkish Architecture Magazine; on Juan O'Gorman's National Library.

Award: PAU Honorable Mention 2016

In collaboration with KOTUstudio and Sina Ozbudun, M.A. is awarded honorable mention in the competition to design the building for Pamukkale University School of Architecture and Design.

Award: World Interior News 2015

M.A shortlisted for Emerging Interior Practice of the Year by World Interior News.

Award: Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition 2014

In collaboration with FR-EE, KOTUstudio, and Jorge Urias Studio, M.A received 3rd Honorable Mention in the Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition.

Shortlist:Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition 2013

In collaboration with FR-EE, KOTUstudio, and Jorge Urias Studio, M.A was shortlisted in the Çanakkale Antenna Tower Competition.

Exhibition: A New Landmark for Aldgate, 2010

M.A’s proposal for the A New Landmark for Aldgate competition, exhibited at the London Festival of Architecture.