Horace Machichi
Graduate Architect
Leads design direction, from the first site reading through the drawings that get a building built.
The studio
Design With Ace
A creative architectural outfit in Nairobi. We draw functional, visually compelling spaces for homes, mixed-use buildings, and commercial work.
How we work
Concept, documentation, and visualisation stay in one room. The drawing and the built idea are meant to match.
01
Discover
Site, brief, and the life the building has to hold.
02
Concept
Massing, light, and a clear spatial idea.
03
Develop
Materials, plans, and coordination.
04
Deliver
Working drawings and support through construction.
The practice
A small room, a full set of drawings.
Design With Ace is a Nairobi studio. Most of the work is residential: maisonettes, family houses, and the mixed buildings that sit on ordinary plots.
We stay with a project from the first site reading through working drawings. The same people who sketch the idea also coordinate the plan a contractor builds from.
The studio also publishes the work. Drawings, photographs, and the journal are how clients and collaborators see the practice before they walk in.
The team
A small studio. Architecture, design, and the technical work of publishing the practice sit together.
Samuel Mwaniki
Tech Lead
Looks after the studio’s digital craft: the site, visual storytelling, and the tools the team publishes with.
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Samuel Kinuthia
Lead Designer
Shapes material, light, and the everyday details that make a plan feel like a place to live.
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Omari
Project Architect
Carries projects from concept into coordinated drawings, keeping consultants and the build aligned.
Bring a site, a sketch, or a question.
We will tell you what the next drawing should be.