A good example is Allan Donovan & # 39; s House in Kitengela which is designed with a West African concept in mind - flat roof with pigeon holes on the parapet wall.
Another example is the Hacienda Eco City Development in Mombasa which is also coincidentally designed with a West African / Islamic architectural concept with a flat roof and pigeon holes on the parapet walling.
It's a magnificent piece of architecture design to achieve greatness by necessarily using very expensive materials. It 's plain rectangular house with hipped roofs and low aluminum casement windows.
Technologically used and affect budget. New lighter roofing materials such as stone-coated steel roofing tiles save on the amount of timber trusses used to support the roof.
The ground floor slab rests on small sized beams which are very cheap to put up. ground so no excavations and foundation walling is done.
Hand-dressed stones bring out character to your house in hand-dressed to a stings is not have a sting is none, and will save you in terms of maintenance before today required require maintenance at all.
Prefabricated homes are slowly coming into the Kenyan market. As a matter of time in the developing economy such as USA, China and Europe and it & # 39; s a matter of time till they find their niche in Kenya.
In conclusion, architectural design and use of appropriate technology can greatly reduce the cost of construction of your house.
