Born: 1983 (circa), Democratic Republic of the Congo (assumed)
Died: NA
Country most active: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from Women Architects Worldwide: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Canon by Aubree Tillett, edited by Aubree Tillett and Jess Ilias, an open-access Pressbook designed to uplift the names of women architects from almost every country and territory around the world. This entry is shared in line with the Creative Commons licensing.
Detty Numbi Mbabi is the founder of Studio D RDC, an architecture and urban planning firm based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2017–), and a licensed architect with the Ordre National des Architectes du Congo, ONA. She holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Institut du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (IBTP) in the DRC, and a master’s degree in town and regional planning from the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa. Mbabi currently serves as Chairperson of the Association des Femmes Architectes du Congo (AFARC) and as an advisor to the Ministry of Urban Policy in the DRC (2024–). She was also a jury member for the AAK Duracoat Awards of Excellence in Kenya (2022). In 2024, she earned the Prix Congolese Women Excellentia from the Alpha Perla Foundation for her leadership and contributions to urban development.
References
“AAK Duracoat Awards of Excellence 2022 Ceremony.” AAK, accessed April 22, 2024. “https://aak.or.ke/event/aak-duracoat-awards-of-excellence-2022-ceremony/”>https://aak.or.ke/event/aak-duracoat-awards-of-excellence-2022-ceremony/. [Link unavailable as of March 9, 2026].
Mbabi, Detty Numbi. “Founder of STUDIO D rdc bureau d’études Architectures, Planification Urbaine et Techniques Spéciales.” LinkedIn. Accessed April 22, 2024. https://cd.linkedin.com/in/detty-numbi-mbabi-0b3292a0.