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Abuja’s Aeroplane House in Asokoro: The Unusual Home Built by a Nigerian-Lebanese Engineer for His Wife 🇳🇬✈️

In Asokoro, one of Abuja’s upscale districts, stands an extraordinary residential building designed to resemble an aeroplane. Known as the Aeroplane House, this unusual structure has attracted public attention not only for its aviation-inspired architecture but also for the personal story and family legacy behind its construction.

The house was conceived by Jammal Said, a Lebanese-Nigerian construction professional who began the project in 1999. According to an interview with BBC Pidgin, his inspiration came from his wife, Liza, who loves travelling. He wanted to create a home where she would always feel as though she were aboard an aeroplane.

Rather than being a conventional luxury residence, the building incorporates aircraft-inspired features into its design. The main structure resembles an aircraft, with wings extending from the body and a tail completing its distinctive silhouette. Its green-and-white exterior reflects the colours of the Nigerian flag, while the Lebanese cedar emblem on the tail represents his family’s heritage.

The design also extends into the interior, where different sections of the aircraft-inspired structure serve residential and recreational purposes. The wings accommodate bedrooms, while the cockpit area serves as a television and gaming lounge. The property also includes a kitchen, a swimming pool, a private mosque and other living spaces. Additional aircraft-themed structures, including a guesthouse and a control-tower-style guard post, reinforce the aviation concept.

One of the most interesting aspects of the project is the family’s involvement in its construction. Jammal’s son, Mohammed, recalled that he and his siblings helped their father when they were younger, including digging and planting trees around the property. The family has also lived in the house while work continued.

Despite its prominence, the Aeroplane House has not been fully completed. Jammal explained in his BBC Pidgin interview that construction began in 1999 and was still ongoing when he spoke to the broadcaster. The project has therefore developed over many years, making it both a family home and a long-term personal undertaking.

For Jammal, the building represents much more than a romantic gesture. He has described it as a legacy for his wife, his children and Nigeria. He has also expressed his pride in calling Nigeria home, explaining that his family has deep roots in the country.

Today, the Aeroplane House is recognised as one of Abuja’s unusual architectural landmarks and a source of curiosity for people interested in distinctive buildings, engineering and urban exploration. Its story demonstrates how personal inspiration can shape an unconventional architectural project and create a structure that captures public imagination.

From its aircraft-shaped design to the family’s decades-long involvement in its construction, the Aeroplane House offers a different perspective on the homes and landmarks that make Abuja distinctive.

Location: Asokoro District, Abuja, Nigeria.

It is really beautiful to behold.

The talk of town today is buying brand new SUVs for loyal party officials of the youth arm of a criminal organization

A very old house if I recall correctly.

Go to circle in Ghana, one aeroplane house is the very beautiful not like this one.

I have forgotten what I wanted to comment o

This one too na tourist attraction for 2026 in a state capital.

Lebanese build aeroplane house in nigeria while nigeria government can give us Air Nigeria... end time government

Drove past this morning.
No longer as visible as it used to be many years ago.

I nor dey surprised, I don see house with bicycle hanging on it as a design, another wan na Danfo on the building as a design on awolowo road if I could still remember that year, another wan na with Keke maruwa, I think that wan na around Ikeja I see am.... So there's nothing new under the sun again, na ship una for kuku build.

A very nice design. I love it

The first storey building in nigeria, i think its in lagos, is better than this stuff built by this Lebanese.

Ok, seen. It's a good concept.

Lebanese-Nigerian doesn't know the correct orientation of the Nigerian flag.

Bimpe29:
It is really beautiful to behold.

orikoku:
Go to circle in Ghana, one aeroplane house is the very beautiful not like this one.

It is just a house with a plane-like structure on top.
Here's a real aeroplane building below

Aeroplane house dey Ilaro Ogun State too.

Am not seeing anything aeroplanic here

Na Igbo man built am.
We are the developers of Lagos, kano and Abuja.

Nigerians sef. They made us all believe that the house was owned by Chuba Okadigbo. It was even a Lebanese that built and owned it

It is not beautiful. I expected much more than this. Even a child can conceive this. Very disappointing.

This house has been in existence for as far back as I can remember

I would love to visit there when I am less busy.

I am sorry to comment, but this is an eyesore, and definitely not a qualified Architect's design. There is no seasoned thinking behind the form.

Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal, as cited above incites more flight desires in the mind.

Well, undeniably stylish. A snapshot of Lagos’s understated elegance. AcadaWriter

behold a funny house built by an immigrant

I heard the wife of the owner of the house likes travelling a lot and likes always being on an aeroplane so the man built the house to look like an aeroplane so she can always have a feeling of being inside an aeroplane even when she's at home


Na wetin I hear o.. 🤓🤓

This should be stale news by now, because every 4 market days this aeroplane house is always making the news. Kmft.

Because of woman 👩 chaai and she might not be grateful

geladinho1:
Because of woman 👩 chaai and she might not be grateful

Have you heard of Taj Mahal in India?

Peliman:
Aeroplane house dey Ilaro Ogun State too.

Yes ooo. Along Expressway

U get it bro omoh the building don tey