Promoting excellence in the built environment.
The umbrella professional body for Kenya’s built and natural environment, uniting eight chapters: Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Town Planners, Engineers, Landscape Architects, Environmental Design Consultants, Construction Project Managers and Interior Designers.
5,569Registered members
2,715Active 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
Exhibition week · Talks 
Exhibition week · Nairobi Then & Now 
Exhibition week · Speakers and guests 
Exhibition week · Panels 
Exhibition week · Art 
Exhibition week · Matatu art 
Programme participants 
Presentations 
Design workshops 
Conversations 
Voices of the 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.
See the full media archiveLatest from AAK.
The newest posts and videos from AAK’s own accounts, as they’re published.
- Join us this morning on #fixingthenation as the President, George A. Ndege, and Honorary Registrar, Eng. Nashon Tambo, discuss the Eastleigh building collapse, professional negligence, and accountability in Kenya’s built environment.
View on X - The Eastleigh building collapse raises important questions about professional responsibility and accountability in the built environment. AAK President, @arabbu Ndege, will be on NTV’s Fixing the Nation to discuss the question: Eastleigh Collapse: Professional Negligence? 📅 Monday, 26 October 2026 ⏰ 7:00 AM 📺 @NTVKenya Tune in for the conversation. #fixingthenation
View on X - On 22 October 2026, AAK convened its second partner workshop under the Kenya Decarbonization Finance Accelerator Programme, in collaboration with the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN). Held alongside the Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) 10.0 under the theme “Housing Matters,” the workshop focused on “Financing the Green Transition for Adequate, Affordable and Climate-Resilient Housing.” Discussions explored financing barriers to sustainable construction, including limited access to appropriate financing, inadequate project preparation and challenges in developing bankable investments. Case studies highlighted the environmental, social and financial benefits of green buildings. Through two Action Labs, participants examined how built environment professionals can strengthen project design, reduce investment risks and improve bankability, before prioritizing scalable housing interventions, financing mechanisms and implementation pathways. The process aimed to inform a Housing Delivery and Finance Action Matrix to support the programme’s National Funding Strategy and Investment Prospectus. The workshop underscored the need for coordinated action among government, financial institutions, developers and built environment professionals to mobilize investment, accelerate sustainable construction and deliver adequate, affordable and climate-resilient housing in Kenya.
View on X - The Architectural Association of Kenya congratulates Plan. Mugendi G. Moses, M.A.A.K (TP) on his appointment as Non-Executive Chairperson of the Physical Planners Registration Board for a three-year term. We wish him great success as he takes on this important role in regulating and advancing physical planning in Kenya.
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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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