Kenya
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Studio Mehta's Kenyan retreat is luxuriously built using local and recycled materialsWelcome Studio Mehta, an emerging architecture studio from Kenya, to the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2026
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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An insider’s guide to Nairobi: 7 unmissable hauntsTravel director Lauren Ho explores the Kenyan capital’s thriving creative scene, led by a dynamic new generation of designers, artists and restaurateurs
By Lauren Ho Published
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Céline & Lolo is a hotel that taps into Nairobi’s creative soulA 1970s estate originally designed by Karl Henrik Nøstvik has been reimagined as an intimate bolthole awash with pizzazz
By Lauren Ho Published
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Design takes the lead at andBeyond’s newest Kenyan lodgeSet in Northern Laikipia on a wild land rooted in conservation, andBeyond Suyian Lodge is an intimate stay deeply in tune with its surroundings
By Lauren Ho Published
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The Wallpaper* team’s travel highlights of the yearA year of travel distilled. Discover the destinations that inspired our editors on and off assignment
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Omar Degan to curate first Pan-African architecture biennaleThe first Pan-African architecture biennale has been announced, taking place in Nairobi in 2026; we caught up with its inaugural curator, architect Omar Degan, to discuss the festival's mission, vision and scope
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Enter the world of Cave Bureau, and its architectural and geological explorationsNairobi practice Cave Bureau explores architecture’s role in the geological afterlives of colonialism, as part of a team exhibiting at the British pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025
By Marwa El Mubark Published
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These vibrant vases are made from discarded flip flopsSerena Confalonieri’s Jambo collection, in collaboration with Ocean Soles, debuts at Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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‘Ranger’: documenting ‘the first female conservation ranger programme in East Africa’‘Ranger’, a new film set in Kenya’s Maasai homeland, tells the story of 12 women who became East Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching unit
By Mary Cleary Published
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Falcon House is a Kenyan retreat rooted in simplicity and a site-specific approachFalcon House by PAT was designed as a private home that feels at one with its natural surroundings in Kenya’s Manda Island
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Peter Beard’s biographer, Christopher Wallace, on writing the wild life of the quintessential Twentieth-Century ManAuthor Christopher Wallace traces the footsteps of the original playboy-artist-activist Peter Beard, travelling from Kenya, to the Serengeti, Cassis and beyond
By Christopher Wallace Published
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Kenya’s newest property is a refreshing respite from your usual safari lodgesBy Mary Holland Last updated

