Design Assembly Architects · Westlands, Nairobi
We design the buildings Nairobi lives, shops and gathers in.
Motivated by a keen sense of social and cultural responsibility, our practice holds every project to the highest standards of design and professionalism.
J & M Palms Residences · General Mathenge Rd
Nairobi already lives with our work.
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Belgravia Mall
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The Aviv
We built this practice to raise the standard.
Create, design, inspire: the three words we founded the studio on in 2020, and the order our work still follows.
Practice showreel, 60 to 90 seconds: our buildings, our drawing boards and the team at work. Recommended film for the launch quarter.
We registered Design Assembly Architects in Kenya in 2020 as an independent consultancy practice, offering architectural design, project management and related consultancy in master planning and building construction.
We carry extensive experience in design, documentation and contract management, gained across commercial fast-track projects as well as traditional architect-led teams, and we apply it with fresh, creative ideas that combine stylish design with responsible use of your money.
Inside the studioWe carry your project from first sketch to handover.
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Architectural design
We take your building from concept through working drawings and full documentation, and we carry it to site with the detail contractors can price and build from without guesswork.
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Master planning
We plan sites so every acre earns its keep, from land-use strategy to phased masterplans, the 550-unit Mivida development among them.
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Project management
We administer the contract, coordinate the consultants and hold cost discipline to handover, in fast-track structures as well as traditional architect-led teams.
Explore the serviceArch. Morrison Wachira, studio portrait from the upcoming photoshoot
The principal
Two decades of Nairobi architecture lead our studio.
Our studio is led by Arch. Morrison Wachira, whose practice runs from Planning Systems Services through thirteen years at Bowman Associates, where his landmark retail work included The Karen Hub, to founding Design Assembly in 2020. He is registered with the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors.
Meet Morrison WachiraThe thinking behind the buildings.
All insightsRetail and public space
What food courts taught us about designing for how Kenyans gather
Dining spaces have moved from a corner of the mall to its main event, and we carry the lessons into every shared space we design.
Neighbourhoods
Reading Parklands: why the neighbourhood keeps rising
Six of our projects stand within a few streets of each other, and the density wave behind them is worth understanding.
Housing
Affordable housing people are proud to come home to
Affordability is a design brief rather than a compromise, and projects like The Aviv show what that looks like built.
Got a project on your mind? Let's discuss.
Call 020 2022205 or 0797 398231, write to info@designassembly.co.ke, or start with the enquiry form and tell us about the site and the brief.