Architecture Kenya

The City Council of Nairobi has set a January 12, 2012 deadline for migration to the online platform for submission of building plans proposals and processing of construction permits. Practicing architects are supposed to transition to the new systems by deploying it in their respective studios. The City Council has written to the Architectural Association … Continue reading »

James Njuguna Gitoho, born in 1956, is the Principal Partner at Triad Architects. He is best known as the architect behind the imposing Barclays Plaza building along Loita Street, which the firm won through a design competition. With ambitions of becoming a Mechanical Engineer from a tender age, James worked his way through school, first … Continue reading »

It has now emerged that the ‘ultra-modern’ Milimani Law Courts building unveiled by President Mwai Kibaki earlier this year is yet another white elephant that cost the taxpayer a staggering Sh1 billion. Barely 10 months after it was commissioned, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has sounded alarm over the safety of judicial staff and Kenyans using … Continue reading »

Fraud, high mortgage interest rates, and the resultant inflated housing prices may soon burst the property bubble enjoyed by developers in the past 10 years. This alarming realisation comes in the wake of the recent demolitions of houses in Syokimau and Lang’ata over fraudulent land deals and the skyrocketing bank interest rates as a result … Continue reading »

Architecture is said to be a societal affair. And good architecture can make a building appear as if it was planted, like it just sprouted. Think of the High Court, the All Saints Cathedral, City Hall and the Kenya Railways headquarters in Nairobi. Or the iconic Parliament Building with its English-style clock tower. It was … Continue reading »

The Architecture Kenya team paid a visit to the exhibition of the University of Nairobi Towers competition. Architects were all out to impress with models that must have cost a fortune to build. A limit was fixed to the number of sheets that any presenting firm would submit, this was capped at 8 A1 size … Continue reading »

Nairobi’s property market has attracted a fresh Sh7 billion investment that is also expected to change the way Kenyans have traditionally built residential houses. The development, to be located along Thika Highway near the Kasarani sports complex, will give Kenya its tallest residential apartments of up to 18 floors, setting it up to be among … Continue reading »