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Courtyard House
Residential
Accra, Ghana
AERA STUDIO
Spaceholdsmemory.
Architecture
Interior design
Objects and direction
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Chapter one · The studio
We design places that feel inevitable.
AERA is an independent architecture and design practice led by Ama Elikem. We work from material, climate and context to create spaces with clarity and emotional weight.
Our work moves between private homes, intimate hospitality, interiors and collectible objects. Every project begins by listening closely to how a place is used, remembered and imagined.
Founded in 2018
Working across scales
Based between Accra and London
Chapter two · Our approach
Our work is guided by three questions
What does the land ask?Where does the light fall?How should the room feel?
“Architecture becomes meaningful when it gives everyday life a new sense of possibility.”
Chapter three · Selected work
Projects
Architecture rooted in place, made for living.
Chapter four · The process
From first conversation to the final handover, our process is close, rigorous and collaborative.
Listen.
Distil.
Draw.
Build.
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Discover
We learn the site, the brief and the life the project needs to hold.
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Define
Research becomes a clear spatial idea with material and environmental logic.
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Develop
Every junction, proportion and finish is resolved with the wider design team.
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Deliver
We remain present through construction so the built work retains its intent.
