About Us

Our aim is to frontier architectural innovation in sustainable design

Our Practice

FYIAfrica Architecture empowers its clients to deliver aesthetically sustainable buildings. We act responsibly in our role as custodians of the future, its people and its biome, by using space and resources efficiently and beautifully. This corresponds with our innovative approach to the design, documentation and execution of our projects. We are well-positioned to deliver value to our clients through our extensive network, global insights, and continuous research and development by driving appropriate design.

Our Values

The work of architects and their clients impacts significantly on the environment, its context and the wider society. The building industry has the unique opportunity to shape decision-making for the benefit of the largest possible number of stakeholders, through architecture that responds to and balances social, environmental and economic factors. In this process of design decision making, ethics are as important as economics, time is as important as aesthetics and people are as important as the ecosystem.

Our Vision

To unceasingly build a resilient, responsive and proficient architectural practice. To be notorious for creating spaces that enable and delight, pushing both design and construction boundaries, and finding innovative ways of opportunity in every project. To be recognized for creating well-designed and responsible architecture for ambitious local and international clients, for the private and public sectors. To be known as the strongest link in excellent teams, delivering value and quality to clients and team members.

Our Pillars

Sustainable Architecture

FYI Africa Architecture is driven by a design philosophy that connects function and form, and the pursuit of environmental, economic and social sustainable design to create appropriate green solutions.

Transparency

As curators of the built environment and cities of the future we ensure that transparency is embedded in every step of our process.

Innovation and Research

We understand that the world is an ever-changing environment. To succeed in such a context, continuous learning is necessary and one we pride ourselves in, correlating with our passion for research.

Human-centric

To create great ecosystems, we believe people need to be at the centre of it all. The world we move, moves in tandem with the hopes of the people in it, and we thrive on creating our buildings around this concept.

Meet the Team

Zakiyyah Vawda

Director

Founder and Architectural Lead of FYIAA, Zakiyyah has a bachelors in Architecture from Wits University and an MScArch from UP. She brilliantly balances designs between form-follows-function and aesthetics. Let Zakiyyah guide you through all the depths of the design, regulatory and construction processes.

Salmaan Vawda

Civil Engineer

Our consulting ECSA-registered Professional Engineer has extensive experience in both structural and civil engineering work. Working as part of our team, we can efficiently streamline the workflow between the design and structure on your project.

Safiyyah Gardee

Architectural and Civil Tech Intern

Safiyyah is our Architectural and Civil technician, assisting on many of our projects, with innovative ideas and designs that are unique to the FYIAA brand. She is at the very core of ensuring FYIAFRICA Architecture's projects run effectively.