Strategy first, design for impact.
We bring strategy to architectural projects, helping clients make better decisions, create greater value, and design for impact.
We are a small, senior advisory team that works directly alongside developers, public authorities, institutions, and investors across Africa and the GCC.
Harla Design exists to make sure great development intentions become great built outcomes. We bring strategic clarity, design accountability, and rigorous coordination to every project we touch — so that what gets delivered reflects what was originally envisioned, for the people who will ultimately use it.
To improve architectural design outcomes through thoughtful strategy, informed decisions, and attention from the first move to the last detail — with clients who understand that the quality of what you build actually matters.
Design for impact.
From brief to delivery
Development is the first item in our approach: a single, accountable path from the first decision to handover.
- 01
Discover
Understanding your vision, needs, and site context.
- 02
Brief
Defining scope, timeline, and design direction.
- 03
Design
Plans, mood boards, materials, and spatial layouts.
- 04
Refine
Budgeting, detailing, and client alignment.
- 05
Build
Construction oversight and quality assurance.
- 06
Deliver
Final walkthrough, handover, and lasting satisfaction.
Based in Dubai, working across Africa and the GCC
- Studio
- SS Tower, Al Barsha South 3, Dubai UAE
- Projects to date
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Engagements
- Advisory retainers · Project mandates · Speaking
- Anbessa Apartment
- Abay Bank
- Africa CDC
- Glorious Group
- Anbessa
- Aya Luxury Living
- Arada Mall
- Hanson Coffee Lab
- Rungo Perfumes