Top Designs Kenya

Appreciation & recognition of Top designs in Kenya.

[Shav Ngah ★ @shavnyuyngah]

Kinshasa is rebuilding its Central Market.
Perforated brick. Shaded colonnades. Passive ventilation.
This is what African public infrastructure looks like when the architect understands where they’re building.
📍 Kinshasa, DRC 🇨🇩
Architects: THINK TANK architecture

[Shav Ngah ★ @shavnyuyngah]

More details on the project https://t.co/ZLMU8wI3CS

[Architizer @Architizer]

#ProjectOfTheDay: The Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture by MASS Design Group

Built almost entirely from local materials, this campus operates off-grid, restoring biodiversity and setting a new standard for climate-positive design.

📍 Rwanda #ArchitizerAwards
Details: https://t.co/qCytJijqql

[World Architecture @WACommunity]

BIG @BIG_Architects imagined the Robert Day Sciences Building like "a queen on the campus chessboard": https://t.co/QWZXmeUQcJ #architecture

[ParametricArchitecture @parametricarch]

Butterfly Pavilion designed by 3deluxe

[Dezeen @dezeen]

Overtreders W uses salvaged materials for temporary festival venue in the Netherlands: https://t.co/eJs0t1xO3i

[ParametricArchitecture @parametricarch]

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The open-air plaza, surrounded by 147 precast concrete columns forming staggered arches, was completed in a record-breaking 16 weeks with the effort of 3,000 workers. It serves as a flexible space for events such as film screenings and award ceremonies, with a distinctive atmosphere shaped by its setting, landscape design, and play of light and shadow. The project draws on acoustic expertise from Nagata Acoustics and Kahle Acoustics, and theatre design by Ducks Scéno. The second phase will introduce a 600-seat concert hall and a 2,000-seat conference facility, designed to host international cultural events.

📸 Paul Riddle

#parametricdesign #modernarchitecture #egypt #designinspiration #culturalcenter

[ParametricArchitecture @parametricarch]

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Festival Plaza El Gouna, designed by @StudioSeilern and completed in 2019, stands as a cultural landmark in the eco-conscious resort town of El Gouna, Egypt. The 30,000 m² complex is the first phase of a larger cultural project, including a concert hall and conference center. Inspired by traditional Egyptian and Middle Eastern architectural forms, the design reinterprets arches and colonnades in a monumental scale, creating a shaded perimeter around the plaza. Situated in the heart of an artificial lagoon, the venue uses a gravity-based water system fed by existing wells, reflecting the project’s environmental sensitivity.

[Nairobi Visuals @NairobiVisuals]

UAP Tower

[Nairobi Visuals @NairobiVisuals]

Uhuru Park Views

[Nairobi Visuals @NairobiVisuals]

Westie

[Nairobi Visuals @NairobiVisuals]

Kenyatta Avenue Views

[Top Designs Kenya @TopKenyanDesign]

@uber_kenya For the last one week, some of your drivers are extremely unprofessional, demanding double payments, they accept trips & won’t move, they call & ask where you are going, then give you the price to pay, if you refuse, they ask you to cancel. It’s happening daily now.🆘

[James Hall @hallaboutafrica]

Congrats Ghana's architect and educator Lesley Lokko: receives one of world's top architectural prizes: the Royal Institute of British Architect's prestigious Royal Gold Medal. She is the first black woman recipient and only second black person to win since award began in 1848.

[ArchDaily @ArchDaily]

The Natural Pavilion / DP6 architectuurstudio https://t.co/SRQkKmCdAy

[Top Designs Kenya @TopKenyanDesign]

Winners of 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture receive Sh121m cash prize https://t.co/8WZo8Q2sOt

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Have you ever wondered why the world is full of box-shaped buildings with square windows, plain walls, and no ornamentation?

Well, it's because of this house in Austria.

It may look ordinary, but that's the point. It's actually 112 years old...

[Design Source LTD @DesignSourceKE]

We're still keeping you posted on our education projects - Kenya Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
Enhancing the identity
of Konza Technopolis with daylight control & natural ventilation for minimum environmental impact. #DesignbyDS #DSEducation #FridayFeature

[Design Source LTD @DesignSourceKE]

An exciting education project involving #design conception & execution for a science complex incorporating #energyefficient solutions for low maintenance. Providing for the institution requirements for CBC curriculum #cbckenya #DSEducation #DesignbyDS

[Emma Too™ @Emma999Too]

Francis Kéré’s education campus in Kenya is inspired by termites https://t.co/uDFydrhS4I via @wallpapermag