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WELCOME TO ECO DESIGN ARCHITECTS

Eco Design – Architects & Consultants is an architectural practice specialising in ecological friendly natural building and consulting. Established in 1998 by Andy Horn, the practice has been at the forefront of the green building movement in South Africa and has won a number of international awards in the field of ecological design.

Eco Design’s cutting edge regenerative design solutions have been widely published both locally and internationally and have earned them among other awards the 2004 Sustainable Building Best Practice award for Residential Projects in the Africa Region and the Silver Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction in Africa and the Middle East 2005.
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CURRENT NEWS
House Botes Design Development

New House for Mr and Mrs Botes in Agter-Paarl (Paarl - Western Cape). The house shall be built on the western slope of some beautiful granite clad foothills. The hybrid construction will incorporate rammed earth feature walls and cosy Strawbale external walls. Green planted roofs on face brick vaults to blend harmoniously with the lush, green surroundings.

Design Development for House Botes - 3D Model

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Latest Articles featuring Eco Design Architects

 

Media: Newspaper - "Property Junction"

Date:  January 2014

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(PDF - 1,1 MB)

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Media: Magazine - "Home"

Date:  September 2013

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(PDF - 1,1 MB)

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Media: Magazine - "Earthworks"

Date:  Issue 14, June/July - 2013

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(PDF - 1,2 MB)

 

Media: Magazine - "Earthworks"

Date:  Issue 11, Dec/Jan - 2012/13

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(PDF - 500 KB)

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Media: Magazine - "Earthworks"

Date:  Issue 5, Dec/Jan - 2011/12

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(PDF - 620 KB)

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Sandbag Wall Prototype

New 170mm Wide Sandbag Test Wall Under Construction @ Eco Design Architects Studios
 
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Nieuwoudtville Award

Eco Design Architects was awarded the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction 2005 & took silver in the Africa and Middle East Region for their designs for the Nieuwoudtville Caravan Site Upgrade

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"E-WIRE" lights by Andy Horn

The Eco Design lighting range is made from local or recycled materials. Standing Floor Lamps, Desk Lamps, Pendant Lights and Chandeliers are available. The lamp stands are from locally moon phase harvested alien timber. Recycled car parts are used as bases. Various paper shades & low energy LED light bulbs provide good lighting and create a beautiful atmosphere.

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Eco Design is also specialized in dome construction. A couple of dome structures have been built. Click below to view images

Project 1

Project 2

We offer a number of construction & info manuals on our website on natural building technologies which specifically refer to the South African context. The info manual "A LIME DUNG PLASTER RECIPE" has recently been added to the collection.   Click here for more information.

All our manuals are also now available as E-Book downloads. Click here for the E-Books.