Promoting excellence in the built environment.
5,513Registered members
5,503Active members
5,296Individual members
217Corporate members
Uniting experts across the built and natural environment.
- AAK is established
- 1967
- Professional chapters
- 8
- Regional branches
- 3
- Years of excellence
- 59
What’s happening at AAK
See the full calendar“Shifting the Center: reclaiming Africa’s architecture and future.”
Conventions, CPD sessions, site visits and more across the year.
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The Agora
Best Student Project
The Bidi Bidi Music and Arts Centre
Best Empowerment and Social Equity Through Design
Standard Chartered Bank HQ
Best Interior Environment
Lady of Victoria Monastery
Best Religious / Monumental
Nairobi Waldorf School
Best Africa (Re)presentation
Kigandani Industrial Hub
Best Student Project
Mombasa Ferry Terminal
Best Student Project
Ufi at Kahawa Soweto Settlement
Best Empowerment and Social Equity Through Design
- See every winner, runner-up and honourable mention
AAK – Basco DuraCoat Awards of Excellence in Architecture
Hosted by the Architects Chapter, the Awards of Excellence recognise outstanding architectural achievement across Kenya and East Africa. The 2026 cycle covers projects completed between 2020 and 2025 across nine categories, from Best Residential and Commercial to Best Student Project.
Nairobi Biennale of Architecture & Art
Shifting the Center: From Fragility to Resilience
ASK Nairobi Showground, Jamhuri Park
Nairobi’s first Architecture Biennale
Exhibitions, conversations and public programming exploring Africa’s built environment.
AAK Initiatives
Long-running initiatives where our members put professional expertise to work for Kenyan communities.
We shape the places where life happens, across every discipline of the built environment.
Umbrella association of eight professional chapters.
Experts across the built and natural environment disciplines, united behind technical excellence and sustainable development in Kenya.
- Architects
- Quantity Surveyors
- Town Planners
- Engineers
- Landscape Architects
- Environmental Design Consultants
- Construction Project Managers
- Interior Designers
Architects
Architecture is the science and art of building.
- Architects
- Quantity Surveyors
- Town Planners
- Engineers
- Landscape Architects
- Environmental Design Consultants
- Construction Project Managers
- Interior Designers
Work, events and award-winning projects.
A rolling record of what members are building, the sites we visit and the projects recognised at the Awards of Excellence.
Full albums from past events, from site visits and workshops to Grow A Classroom schools.
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The newest posts and videos from AAK’s own accounts, as they’re published.
- As an official pilot project of the 30th UIA World Congress of Architects 2029 Beijing, this open international competition targets young architects worldwide: a 200 m² urban public pavilion on the Yongding River waterfront in Beijing.
View on X - Yesterday, AAK, led by Vice President Arch. Brenda Nyawara, participated in a stakeholder forum convened by the Nairobi City County Assembly's Lands, Housing and Planning Committee, highlighting key concerns affecting planning and development control.
View on X - The AAK Architects Chapter invites you to be part of its delegation to the East Africa Institute of Architects (EAIA) AGM & Architecture Congress in Kigali, Rwanda. Join our organised road trip for cross-border learning and networking.
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DMJ Architects
Founded by Robert Marshall in 1965, DMJ Architects is a Nairobi based firm renowned for exceptional design in sensitive environment landscapes such as the Serengeti National Park and the Kenyan Coast.
Galleria Gardens
Swiss Chancery Nairobi
Buffalo Mall
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