O/S Architecture is a Nairobi-based architecture practice. We design and deliver thoughtful and considered buildings, interiors and public spaces.
We approach each project with a sense of curiosity, rigour, and enthusiasm.
We are committed to contemporary design and innovation, and believe architecture has the potential to make a significant contribution to culture and the built environment.
We are sensitive to the ambitions of our clients and work collaboratively to develop creative responses that exceed expectations.
We work across a range of scales, budgets, and typologies, carefully balancing pragmatism with potentiality.
We understand buildings as contributions to the environment, informing a complex and discursive design process that negotiates the relationship between buildings (objects) and their contexts (subjects).
People
O/S Architecture adopts a collective model to practice. We regularly collaborate with a diverse and dynamic collection of built environment professionals to respond to the variable types, scales and complexity of projects, whilst remaining a nimble, responsive and personalised practice.
Director
Stephan Bekhor
Stephan is a registered Architect, ARBV (Victoria, Australia) and BORAQS (Kenya), with 17 years' experience working on architectural, interior & urban design projects in Australia, China, UAE & Kenya.
Prior to founding O/S Architecture in Nairobi, Stephan worked with leading Architectural Practices in Australia - McBride Charles Ryan Architects - and in Kenya, with Planning Systems Services Ltd. He was educated at the University of Melbourne (Australia), and Paris Val de Sèine école d’Architecture (France) and holds a bachelor's degree in Planning & Design (Architecture), and a Bachelor of Architecture with honours.
His experience covers multiple project sectors, diverse scales & complexity, and all phases of project delivery - from concept design & master planning through to contract administration & post-occupancy services.
Stephan has consulted for Architects without Frontiers Australia on community development projects in East Africa, and has a focus on education design, and applying design skills in development & humanitarian contexts.