Limuru Country Club Unveils Winning Design for New Club House 14 Months After Fire

KIAMBU, Kenya, Mar 17 – The Limuru Country Club has officially pulled back the curtain on the winning blueprint for its future, debuting a masterfully designed club house that promises to bridge the gap between its storied colonial past and a bold new era of modern luxury.

The visionary design that honors the club’s century-old legacy and the institution has set the stage for an architectural transformation that will serve as the heartbeat of the Limuru highlands for generations to come.

Made before members, built environment professionals, and invited guests at the Club’s XYZ Area, the announcement marks the most significant step in the Club’s recovery since a fire devastated its entire Club House in January 2025.

The fire which struck a building that had stood as the social and administrative core of Limuru Country Club since the post-independence era prompted the Board of Directors to move swiftly and decisively.

Club’s Development Oversight Committee (DOC) rather than rebuilding resolved to open the process to competition, inviting Kenya’s best architectural minds to reimagine the Club House, from the ground up.

The competition, launched in January 2026, drew expressions of interest from consortia comprising architects, engineers, landscape designers, quantity surveyors, environmental assessors and green building specialists.

Entries were submitted by 27th February 2026, unpacked and reviewed at the Club on 3rd March, and evaluated by an independent jury between 4th and 6th March. Jury Chairman Arch.

Musau Kimeu one of Kenya’s most distinguished architects presented the jury’s findings and declared the winner, with two runners-up and a number of honorary mentions also recognised.

“What we saw from Kenya’s architectural community was genuinely impressive these were not safe designs, rather they were bold responses to a complex brief the winning entry stood out because it resolved the tension between heritage and modernity in a way that felt inevitable rather than forced,” He said.

Musau Kimeu, Jury Chairman The ceremony, dubbed as ‘Limuru Rising’ was officiated by Limuru Country Club, Chairman Caxton Kinuthia and attended by Guest of Honour Dr. Samuel Kiruthu a former Chairman of Limuru Country Club, longtime resident of the Limuru/Tigoni area and one of Kenya’s most respected corporate leaders.

Dr. Kiruthu’s presence was seen as particularly symbolic: a figure who has watched the Club through its history, invited to witness and officiate the moment it begins to write its next chapter.

“This is not just about a building it is about what Limuru Country Club stands for in the next century, We challenged Kenya’s best architects to reimagine our home, and what they delivered has exceeded every expectation today we reveal not just a winner, but a vision,” Stated Mr Caxton Kinuthia, Chairman, Limuru Country Club.

The winning design will now proceed through design development, regulatory approvals, and procurement ofworks processes before construction timelines are finalised.

It is intended to be modern, environmentally sustainable, and respectful of the Club’s century-long heritage a building that members and the wider Limuru community can identify with for generations.

All competition entries will remain on public display at the XYZ Exhibition Area within the Club until Sunday, 15th March 2026 giving members and visitors the opportunity to see the full breadth of architectural thinking that went into reimagining the Club’s future.

Additionally, the New Clubhouse Project is part of a much bigger vision for Limuru Country Club’s future, The Club has recently issued a Request for Proposals, inviting consultants to develop a Spatial Development Master Planspanning 2026 to 2050.

Further, the 25-year blueprint will chart the course for how the Club’s entire grounds grow, evolve and transform covering everything from facility upgrades and operational improvements to broader estate development.

“Together, these initiatives mark the beginning of a bold new chapter for Limuru Country Club”.