So, you want to build your own plan in Kenya this year? Some advice from a Kenyan architect before you begin You have decided that it is time to get a move on in keeping with the ‘utahama lini’ adverts and you have made up your mind that you must get into your home this [...]
What an amazing moment for an aspiring home owner when they are ready to construct their three bedroom house plans in Kenya that they have already prepared. The notion that within a short period, one will get the opportunity to move into a brand new home, complete with all manner of facilities that complement a [...]
The events at the westgate shopping mall some months ago have highlighted the danger that terror spells to all types of commercial architecture in Kenya. The challenge that terrorism poses to development of commercial space is the fact that it creates a negative atmosphere, causing the end users to avoid using commercial public spaces in [...]
The brief to prepare house plans in Kenya is an interesting journey that many Kenyan architects may undertake, beginning with the acceptance of a commission. The process of designing and undertaking the supervision of construction on this highly sensitive personal matter that is building an individual’s home is one that is fraught with its own [...]
Have you ever seen commercial buildings in Kenya being constructed, then seen them collapse or be condemned as a structurally unsound building? Worse still seeing a building becoming a structural hazard after it has been completed and occupied? Can you imagine the anguish of the developer who has sunk their money into such a huge [...]
Houses for sale in Kenya done by Kenyan architects often have a familiar outlook when it comes to the way they are built. Many residential developments being designed by Kenyan architects have a particular way with which they are done to respond to the requirements of the local climatic conditions, as well as adopt to [...]