№10 · The register

The Axis

5 terraces · 3 apartmentsAbuja, NigeriaOn site

Foundations are the only part of a house nobody will ever see and everybody will feel.

The Axis is five terraces and three apartments at Kaura, Abuja, taken from bare ground. The earliest frame we hold of this site is rebar and column stubs standing in red earth, which is exactly where every claim a builder makes is either true or already false. Nothing can be corrected below a slab once the slab is on it.

Blockwork is up and the terraces now read as a row. The site is documented as it goes rather than reconstructed afterwards, because a photograph taken on the day carries more than a certificate issued at the end of the job.

The plates

Footage · Rebar, bare groundFootage, unretouched

Blockwork and starter bars rising at The Axis — Plate I · Blockwork and starter barsPhotograph, unretouched

Terrace shells under construction at The Axis with aggregate stockpiled — Plate II · The row, taking shapePhotograph, unretouched

Design visualisation of the five-house row at The Axis at dusk, every balcony frame lit — Plate III · The row, at duskDesign visualisation

Construction works in progress at The Axis — Plate IV · The works, in progressPhotograph, unretouched

Design visualisation along the row at The Axis at dusk, the white frames receding to the gate — Plate V · The approach, along the lineDesign visualisation

Design visualisation looking up the balcony frames of one house at The Axis at dusk — Plate VI · The frame, looking upDesign visualisation

Design visualisation of The Axis living room at dusk, a charcoal oak slat wall and the verandah glass — Plate VII · The living room, to the verandahDesign visualisation

Design visualisation of The Axis dining room looking back to the kitchen, the stair rising on the right — AX-05 · The dining, to the kitchenDesign visualisation

Design visualisation of The Axis master bedroom looking to the balcony at dusk — AX-06 · The master bedroomDesign visualisation

Design visualisation of The Axis first-floor family lounge with a slat media wall — AX-07 · The family loungeDesign visualisation

Design visualisation of The Axis master bathroom in graphite stone with a walk-in shower — AX-08 · The master bathroomDesign visualisation

Furnished top-down plan of The Axis terrace ground floor in the Iron register — AX-P1 · The ground floor, furnishedDesign visualisation

Furnished top-down plan of The Axis terrace first floor in the Iron register — AX-P2 · The first floor, furnishedDesign visualisation

The plans, published

Terraces · ground floor drawing for The Axis — Terraces · ground floor1 : 100

Terraces · first floor drawing for The Axis — Terraces · first floor1 : 100

Terraces · second floor drawing for The Axis — Terraces · second floor1 : 100

Apartments · ground floor drawing for The Axis — Apartments · ground floor1 : 100

Apartments · first floor drawing for The Axis — Apartments · first floor1 : 100

Apartments · second floor drawing for The Axis — Apartments · second floor1 : 100

The four bedroom terrace and the four bedroom apartment, as drawn. The terrace is one house over three floors. The apartments take a floor each, three of them. Drawings dated 09.01.2026, approved set. Architect David-Praise Adebayo. Drawings sealed by Arc. Tijjani Yusuf.

Cover of the The Axis project brochure, 2026 edition

The book

The Axis, on paper.

The house as drawn, in one register: the row at dusk, the plan furnished floor by floor, the rooms in graphite, charcoal oak and black steel. Sixteen pages, every one of them a drawing.