Farrah Matovu

About Farrah Matovu

Born and raised in Kampala, Uganda to a family of builders, Farrah Matovu has always seen herself as a designer with builder’s roots. With both her parents involved in the building and design industry, she, out of her sixteen siblings was the only one interested in pursuing a dream in the design field. She studied Architecture at University at Buffalo in New York, and graduated in May 2015. In her senior year of Architecture school, she was one of five students selected to work on an architectural project in Yangpyeong, South Korea, which involved delivering sustainable urban planning solutions to the city of Yangpyeong under the theme of reshaping the pattern of sprawl. She, together with the team traveled to Korea for a presentation to the city mayor and site analysis. She has also always had a love for Photography, and always documents the art around her. She mostly photographed architecture models, however recently broke away and now photographs anything she perceives as the nature of art. Farrah has also completed a number of projects for her father’s company, Youma Builder’s Construction including design cottage houses for Katanga Resort, which is scheduled to be completed in October, 2017. She continues to be part of the design team in the completion of this eight year project. Recently, Farrah completed her Masters in Interior Architecture at UCLA Extension and Cal Polytechnic Pomona (2017) while serving as an active board member for the ASID UCLA Extension Student Chapter. Farrah currently lives in Los Angeles and works at Berliner Architects as an Architectural Staff I. She started a Charity organization “Hold a Hand” which focuses on providing clean drinking water to those in need by building wells. She has a passion for giving back to the community and has found this as her life’s purpose.

Experience

1. Job Captain

   IA Interior Architects

   Mar 2023 — Present

Education

• UCLA Extension Architecture and Interior Design

  Masters in Interior Architecture, Interior Architecture

  2015 — 2017

• University at Buffalo

  Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture

  2010 — 2015