Abuja Airplane House
General information
StatusUnder construction
Architectural styleAirplane house
AddressJerome Udoji Close
Asokoro, Abuja
Coordinates9°02′58″N 7°30′59″E / 9.04944°N 7.51639°E / 9.04944; 7.51639
Construction started2002
Owner
Jammal Said
  • Liza Said

The Abuja Airplane House is located in the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja. The house can be seen from the busy Murtala Muhammad Expressway. Spanning the roof of the main villa is a 100-foot-long airplane with a 50-foot wingspan. Beyond the main structure, the property features aircraft-themed buildings, including a two-story guard post designed as a control tower.[1][2] The building is painted in the colors of the Nigerian flag—green and white—with the flag painted on one side of the 'plane' tail and the Lebanese cedar on the other.[3][4][5]

My story is not just a love story, I built everything for my legacy in Nigeria, for my country, my children, my wife and everybody.

Jammal Said[6]

The house is owned by Jammal Said, a Lebanese-Nigerian working as a civil engineer who runs his construction company in Abuja. Born in Jos, he was inspired by his wife Laiz Said's passion for travel when envisioning the house.[2][3][4] He promised to build a plane-shaped home for her as "a symbol of their love". He spent years searching for the ideal location after their 1980s marriage, finally finding it in 1999.[1][3] Their son, Mohammed Jammal, widely known as 'White Nigerian' on social media, recalls being about 12 years old when construction began. Every day after school, he and his five siblings helped in building the house. The house is still under-construction 11 years after its commencement as Jammal insists on overseeing each phase without external professional aid.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abuja Airplane House". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  2. 1 2 Timberg, Craig (2006-11-18). "A plane? A house? It's both". NBC News. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  3. 1 2 3 Tiamiyu, Sarah (1 January 2020). "I built my wife a house made to look like a plane". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  4. 1 2 Nasiru, Jemilat (18 January 2020). "Man builds 'aeroplane house' for wife in Abuja".
  5. 1 2 Mack, Ben. "A man in Nigeria built his wife a house that looks like a giant plane because she 'loves to travel'". Insider. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  6. ↑ Tiamiyu 2020.
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