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Abimbola Akinkugbe

Architect • Business Owner • Sustainable Construction

AbimbolaAkinkugbe

Designing better ways to build, live and develop.

I bring architecture and Nigerian manufacturing together, working with EPS building systems for sustainable construction and affordable housing.

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Abimbola Akinkugbe · Photography: Regal Studio

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Manufacturing

EPS panels, blocks and prefabricated elements made in Nigeria.

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Sustainable construction

Materials and systems judged on how they perform and age.

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Affordable housing

Bringing design, supply and site into one practical process.

From the workshop and the field

Baileys Bake Fest entrance installation with branded display panelsBaileys Bake Fest installationCircular Wizkid GOAT stage surround being assembled on scaffoldingWizkid — The GOAT StageIlluminated Lagos Grand Prix lettering in an outdoor landscaped setting at nightLagos Boat Grand PrixWhite sculptural Isimi Lagos Festival 2025 lettering and geometric forms outdoorsIsimi Lagos Festival 2025Sculpted white decorative crest with a crown and central monogramSujimoto
Illustration of a drafting table with a housing estate model

01 — Profile

Architecture, materials and the work of delivery.

Abimbola Oyinkansola Akinkugbe is a Nigerian architect and business owner working across manufacturing, sustainable construction and affordable housing. Her focus is practical: better materials, local production and collaboration to support affordable housing.

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02 — Method

How the work fits together.

  1. 01

    Design

    Architecture that starts from how people actually live, build and maintain homes.

  2. 02

    Make

    Manufacturing building systems and materials that make quality repeatable.

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Housing delivery that connects design, supply and site into one practical process.

Illustration of a machine assembling wall panels into a modular house

03 — Leadership

Manufacturing and construction, connected.

Founder

Moulding Technologies Limited

Manufacturing · Architectural polystyrene · Building systems

Nigerian manufacturing of expanded polystyrene (EPS) panels, blocks and prefabricated elements for building.

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CEO

Ecobuild by Moulding Technologies

EPS-based construction systems · Housing delivery

The construction expression of Moulding Technologies, using EPS building systems with finishes including polished concrete floors and steel French windows.

Via Moulding Technologies (opens in new tab)

04 — Selected work

Projects and themes.

Manufacturing, event architecture and housing — with the role Moulding Technologies played in each.

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05 — Focus areas

Perspectives on how we build.

  1. Focus area 1Why local manufacturing matters to Nigerian housingHousing supply depends as much on what can be made nearby as on what can be designed.
  2. Focus area 2Building systems and the economics of affordabilityAffordability is shaped by method, time and waste — not only by the price of materials.
  3. Focus area 3Designing sustainable communities for real livesSustainability is measured in the daily experience of the people who live there.

06 — In the media

Coverage.

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Partnerships

Open to developers, manufacturers, governments, investors and academic institutions.

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