04The studio
A design studiorooted in Dar es Salaam
Welcome to Legendary Studios, where we believe that our choices shape our behaviours, and our behaviours shape us in return. All of it is rooted in one art we often overlook: the art of designing.
Magomeni Apartments
Our story
Legendary Studios is an architecture and interior design studio based in Dar es Salaam. We design homes, offices, shops, cafés, hospitality spaces and more across Tanzania, each one shaped wholeheartedly and mindfully into a high-end, personalised space that reflects the people who use it. Every project comes with photoreal 3D, so you see it before you build it.
The studio was founded by Fredrick Makunja and works with a trusted circle of partners: an AQRB-registered architect who prepares and signs permit drawings, structural engineers, quantity surveyors and the fundis who turn drawings into buildings.
01What we stand for
Listen first
Every project starts with how you live or work, your site and your budget. Style comes after.
Design for real budgets
We choose materials and details that suit the climate and the money available, and refine designs during budgeting rather than after.
Show before you build
Photoreal 3D lets you walk through your space and change your mind while change still costs nothing on site.
02Who we work with
- AQRB-registered partner architect for permit drawings
- Structural and services engineers
- Quantity surveyors for BOQs
- Trusted fundis, carpenters and suppliers
03Tools of the trade
Measured to the millimetre: every drawing starts from real site dimensions.
04How we work
- 01
Listen
A consultation on site or by video. We learn how you live or work, your plot and your budget.
- 02
Measure
A measured survey and photos of the site or space, so every drawing starts from real dimensions.
- 03
Draw
Layouts and concept options. You choose a direction before we go into detail.
- 04
Visualise
Photoreal 3D of your space. You walk through it and request changes while change is still cheap.
- 05
Build
Final drawings, schedules and, if you want, our supervision on site until handover.
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Tell us about the space you have in mind.
Send a few photos, a sketch or just an idea. We reply within one working day with next steps and a fee guide.