Tudor Swahili Gem Apartments / Urko Sanchez Architects

Urko Sanchez Architects releases the newly completed Swahili gem in Tudor creek, a development that explores the complexities of traditional cultural extrapolations and the rigor of environmental comfort within the modern demands of aesthetics. This is a scheme that is terse but pith in the way it handles the elements that it sets out to tackle and ultimately explores the narrow and delicate el...

Red Pepper House / Urko Sanchez Architects

The client, Fernando Torres, wanted a private residence that shared a connection with Lamu but was secluded from the main town itself. He had a passion for architecture and at the same time liked to be in contact with nature. Combining these two attributes, a chance was presented to create a form of organic architecture that had a balance of traditional craft and modern requirements. The client...

SOS Children´s Village in Tadjourah / Urko Sanchez Architects

Urko Sanchez Architects set out to do the impossible, create a world class architectural children's space with a limited budget and still maintain the aesthetics and quality of architecture. This might seem like a easy task, especially looking at the ease with which the project seems to weasel itself into your heart, the truth is a far cry from it. Dealing with harsh weather conditions and emul...

Upeo Camp, Lake Jipe / Urko Sanchez Architects

Most man made features are placed in nature, additions so to speak, but few individuals have developed high levels of empathy to it that they touch nature so lightly. Upeo Camp doesn’t only touch it lightly but rather enhances the existing by imitating and developing it. With two types of units one resembling the existing boulders and the other almost tucked inside the earth one will not even n...

Anidan Clinic/ Urko Sanchez Architects

There are some projects that are small but great in design, and then there are those project that are small, great designs and most importantly of greater positive impact to the community they serve. The Anidan Paediatric Clinic is one such project. Built in the outskirt of Lamu where medical facilities were barely available the project served over 50,000 children in just two years of its running.

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