2019
4th Baku International Architectural Competition, Azerbaijan
Swahili Dreams Second Prize for the best project undertaken in the field of rehabilitation and reconstruction of historic buildings and sites. Thank you!
2019
Aga Khan Awards for Architecture Shortlist 2019
We are honoured to be shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019!! Thank you!
2019
Malindi, Kenya
Back to the coast! More information on our new project soon...
2018
Archmarathon 2018
Last month we participated in ArchMarathon! Swahili Gem was nominated for Best Residential Development! It was great to be back in Milano to present our project in front all those great architectural practices!
2018
Archmarathon 2018
Swahili Gem has been selected for Archmarathon Awards 2018 Edition. Really looking forward to be in Milano to present the project to the final jury! Fingers crossed! Check out the selected offices on the following link:
2018
Dezeen Awards 2018
We couldn´t be any happier! We just found out that Swahili Gem has been shortlisted in the Housing Project category for Dezeen Awards 2018!!
2018
ARCHsharing
The Jury is delivering on the Nepal Community Centre Competition. Results will be out on the 13th of June! Good luck to you all!
2018
2018
AAK
Happy to see some of our projects in the AAK website front page! Check out the link below for more info!
2018
Archdaily
GREAT NEWS!!! Our project Tudor Apartments (Swahili Gem), has been selected as one of the finalists in the Housing category at the ArchDaily building of the year award!! After reviewing and voting on over 3,000 projects, the selection has been narrowed down to 5 finalists per category. You can vote for it to be the final winner in the following link!! Thank you all for the great support!!
2017
COAM
Today from 7:00pm Urko will be participating in GLOBAL POLITICAL ARCHITECTURAL EVENT MADRID with a bunch of great architects at COAM - Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid , pass by if you happen to be in Madrid!!
2017
Shangay, China
The exhibition Mission Trans-Mission, presented at the CA´ASI during Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016 is being exhibited at Shanghai at Qia Xuesen library (from may 10th to june 24th)
2017
Construction works start!
The Kuruwitu Villas in the Coast of Kenya are becoming a reality! Keep posted for upcoming pictures of the site...
2016
First Prize
SOS Children's Village in Djibouti won the First Prize in the category of Mixed Tenure Housing & Buildings!
2016
Archilovers
SOS Children's Village has been selected as one of the Best on Archilovers 2015. One of the most 'loved' out of the 50,000 projects published last year on a system boasting 46 million annual visits! Thank you!!
2016
Jury Member
As a member of the jury of the international open ideas competition launched by MatterBetter - architectural competitions to research new housing concepts for the future of post-war Syria, we do encourage all architecture students and young architects interested in the topic to propose a solution for the housing scarcity crisis in Syria. Check out the following link for more information!
2016
Winner
Urko Sanchez Architects won the best Residential Building Award Lamu Apartments. Thank you!!
2015
Lecture + Round Table
Thank you to all the students and organisers of the event for giving us the opportunity to show our work and participate on an interesting debate on the future of architecture in Nairobi! Check some pics on the following link:
2015
Conference
Urko Sánchez gives a lecture on ¨Conscious Architecture for a Responsible Future¨ during the Totally Concrete East Africa 2015 Event in Nairobi.
2015
Archdaily
Archdaily has published our work once more... This time SOS Children´s Village in Djibouti has been featured!
2015
Saint-Gobain Iniciatives
The SOS Children's Village in Tadjourah, Djibouti has received a Merit Award in 'Built category'! Thank you Saint-Gobain Iniciatives! Check out our video on the following link:
2015
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Our work has travelled all the way North to Humlebæk, Denmark. Karibu everyone to the exhibition!
2015
Franco Namibian Centre
Young Architects in Africa exhibition is travelling! From this week it'll be at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre in Windhoek, Namibia!
2015
Archdaily
Urko Sánchez Architects featured as one of the 7 Architects Designing a Diverse Future in Africa. We are very glad to share article with such admired practitioners, thank you!
2015
Fundación ICO. Madrid, Spain
The exhibition EXPORT will be open to the public until the 17th of May. If you´re in Madrid, we invite you to discover our work together with other Spanish architects abroad.
2015
Bamburi
We've moved our Link´s Plaza office to Bamburi!! For more details, check the link below:
2015
24th February - 17th May 2015
We have been selected to take part in the upcoming exhibition in Madrid, Spain: EXPORT. Arquitectura Española en el Extranjero!!
2015
Huffington Post
Happy 2015!! We were very happy to end 2014 with The Red Pepper House listed as one of the 20 Most Ingenious Works Of Architecture In the year. Thank you The Huffington Post for featuring us one more time!
2014
2014
Last Days
Last 10 Days to visit the Biennale di Venezia!! where our work was exhibited as part of the CA'ASI Young Architects in Africa Exhibition.
2014
2014
Treinnale di Milano
Urko Sanchez Architects work is being exhibited at the exhibition "AFRICA - Big Change Big Chance" as part of the Triennale di Milano, open until December 28th.
2014
Desginboom
Urko Sanchez Architects published on Designboom, this time with the Vipingo Ridge Villas. Check out the article with photos by Franck Paubel on the link below.
2014
El País: Del Tirador a la Ciudad
Anatxu Zabalbeascoa interviews Urko Sánchez for the Architecture Blog on Spanish newspaper El País.
2014
Domus Magazine
Red Pepper House has just been featured on Domus Magazine!
2014
Ecohabitar
The Red Pepper House has been published in Spanish magazine Ecohabitar
2014
Designboom
Vipingo Club House featured also featured on Designboom!
2014
Designboom
The Red Pepper House featured on the prestigious website Designboom!!
2014
Young Architects in Africa
The Red Pepper House goes to Venice as part of CA'ASI Young Architects in Africa Exhibition.
2014
Young Architects in Africa Award
Urko Sanchez receives the Young Architects in Africa Award organized by CA'ASI in the Venice Bienale. Check out some pictures of the Exhibition in our Facebook.
2014
CA'ASI Architecture Studio
First Prize in the Young Architects in Africa Competition, sharing it with Architects of Justice and Wasserfall Munting Architects.
2014
AAK Awards
The Architectural Association of Kenya has presented the winners for the 2014 Excellence Awards!! We are very proud to announce that the RED PEPPER HOUSE is the Winner for the Best Hospitality Project and the TUDOR APARTMENTS have received a Honorable Mention in the category of Residential Projects.
2014
Archdaily
The Red Pepper House one of the 5 finalists for Archdaily's Building of the Year Award in the category of Hospitality Architecture.
2014
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