Kilele House

A family house on a sloping plot: three timber-clad volumes stepping down the hill.

Location
Karen, Nairobi
Year
2024
Area
320 m² (sample)
Programme
Family house

The brief was a family home on a sloping plot, warm rather than showy. Three timber-clad volumes step down the hill, each with a monopitch roof that catches morning light and shelters the terraces below.

Sample project text — replace with your own. The photographs on this page are illustrative stock images and are not of a Plinth building.

Structure is a timber frame on a concrete base. Windows are placed for the view and for cross-ventilation, so the house rarely needs mechanical cooling.

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