DeRoche Projects is an Accra-based architecture and design practice working globally to create innovative, community driven spaces. Founded and led by Glenn DeRoche, who brings over 15 years of experience delivering major cultural, civic, and commercial projects, the studio delivers work across various scales, from buildings to objects.

Our work thrives within productive tensions: digital explorations of form meet hands-on making, high-tech precision intersects low-tech ingenuity, and contemporary construction practices meets indigenous building traditions. These complementary forces shape a methodology inherently planet-positive, future-forward, and deeply connected to the layers of place and time.

Sustainability isn’t approached as a checklist; it’s deeply embedded in our design process. Our projects aim to minimize environmental impact and they actively foster ecological and social resilience through regenerative materials, passive design strategies, and resource-conscious construction methods.

Public-facing projects and community hubs form the core of our portfolio. We approach these projects through the lens of deep time, recognizing architecture as part of a continuum that carries ancestral knowledge, artisanal techniques, and collective memory forward. Buildings outlast their creators; their preservation depends on the communities that care for them. Stewardship is integral from inception, guiding material selection, construction methods, and forming spaces that actively invite participation. This ethos shapes not only who we build with but how our spaces empower communities—by employing and upskilling local craftspeople, celebrating cultural heritage, and fostering social connection and inclusivity.

Notable projects include Backyard Community Club, a tennis training facility and community hub opening Spring 2025 in Accra; Dot.Ateliers | Ogbojo Residency*, a residency for writers and curators in Accra, named Architect's Newspaper's Editor's Pick in the 2024 Best in Design Awards; exhibition design for Amoako Boafo's I Do Not Come To You By Chance at Gagosian Mayfair gallery in London; The Volta Pavilion*, recently exhibited at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna; and The Surf Ghana Collective*, exhibited at the 2022 Venice Architecture Biennale and awarded a 2023 Holcim Gold Award for Sustainable Construction, recognized by the jury as "an innovative project that creates a dynamic community space, empowering youth and promoting responsible tourism through a cooperative approach".

*in collaboration