Presidential Design-Build
Architects Afrique delivers presidential, state-grade design-build for high-security and prestige projects across Accra and Togo — residences, official buildings, and secure facilities designed and built under one accountable team, from concept and permit drawings to handover. Registered since 1984. Book a design consultation.
Presidential design-build is state-grade work — high-security, high-prestige projects where the architecture must carry dignity, the protocol must be designed in, and the delivery must be discreet and accountable. Architects Afrique designs and builds presidential residences, official buildings, and secure facilities under one team, from first sketch to a written handover. A registered, process-led practice since 1984. Book a design consultation: +233 23 063 0038.
Why Clients Choose Architects Afrique
Security & Protocol Designed In
We integrate the security profile, controlled access, sightlines, and protocol from the concept stage — designed in, not bolted on afterwards — so the building works as well as it represents.
Discretion as Standard
We work confidentially, run briefs and reviews privately, and operate a controlled document set, so a sensitive project stays a sensitive project.
One Accountable Team
A design-build commission places design and construction under a single accountable team with vetted trades and staged inspection — one point of responsibility for a project where confidence matters.
A Clear Design Process
We take you through defined stages — brief, concept, developed design, permit drawings, construction documentation — so you always know where the project is, what you are approving, and what it costs.
What We Design
Presidential & Official Residences
State-grade residences where dignity, protocol, and security are designed together — concept to permit drawings and construction documentation, delivered design-build.
Official & Government Buildings
Offices and official buildings that carry institutional weight and meet protocol and security requirements while remaining fully compliant.
Secure & High-Security Facilities
Facilities with controlled access, perimeter, and sightline requirements, where security is integrated into the architecture from the outset.
Prestige & Representational Projects
Buildings with a representational role — designed to carry confidence and presence, delivered with discretion.
| Project | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| Presidential & official residences | Concept to handover; security and protocol designed in; design-build |
| Official & government buildings | Compliant, protocol-aware design with institutional presence |
| Secure & high-security facilities | Controlled access, perimeter, and sightlines integrated from concept |
| Prestige & representational projects | Discreet, accountable delivery under one team |
Our Design Process
- Confidential brief & feasibility — security profile, protocol, role of the building, against site and budget.
- Concept design & security integration — architecture, protocol, and security working together.
- Developed design & permit drawings — coordinated with the engineer and specialist input, ready for approval.
- Construction documentation — the controlled set the build is priced and constructed from.
- Design-build delivery & handover — vetted trades, staged inspection, written handover.
Registered & Accountable
- Works within the Architects Act 1969 (NLCD 357) and the Architects Registration Council / Ghana Institute of Architects (GIA)
- Registered engineering input (GhIE) where required; designs to L.I. 1630 and the Ghana Building Code (GS 1207:2018)
- Building-permit drawings and EPA permitting (L.I. 1652) handled as part of the service
- Established 1984 — a real practice with a portfolio, shared under discretion on request
What It Costs — Honestly
An architect’s fee is normally a percentage of the construction cost (the GIA publishes a fee scale as guidance) or a staged fee for the design work — concept, developed design, permit drawings, construction documentation. We agree the scope and fee with you up front, so the design service is a known cost — separate from the building itself, whose cost comes from a Bill of Quantities once the design is set. No guessed numbers, especially on a project of this nature.
Designing Across Greater Accra & Beyond
We design across East Legon, Airport Residential, Cantonments, Trasacco, Ridge, Labone, Spintex, and Tema — plus Kumasi, Takoradi, and Lomé, Togo. Official and diaspora clients work with us under discretion, with full reporting.
Areas We Serve
Architects Afrique designs across Greater Accra — East Legon, Airport Residential, Cantonments, Trasacco, Ridge, Labone, Spintex, Tema — plus Kumasi, Takoradi, and Lomé, Togo.
Related Services
- Ambassadorial Design-Build — state-grade estates and official residences
- Premier Hospitality Design-Build — prestige hospitality projects
- Signature Commercial — commercial buildings that perform
- Architects in Ghana — design and design-build, end to end
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a presidential design-build cost in Ghana? Normally a percentage of construction cost (the GIA publishes a fee scale) or a staged design fee, agreed up front so it is a known cost — separate from the building, whose cost comes from a BoQ once the design is set.
Can you handle confidential and high-security requirements? Yes — we work under discretion and integrate security and protocol into the design from the concept stage, coordinating specialist input where required.
Are you registered architects? Yes — within the Architects Act 1969 / GIA framework, with registered engineering input, designing to L.I. 1630 and GS 1207:2018. Credentials shared on request.
Do you deliver design and construction together? Yes — a design-build commission under one accountable team with vetted trades, tighter control, and the discretion this kind of project requires.