Welcome to Eco Design Architects

Eco Design – Architects & Consultants is an architectural practice which specializes in ecological friendly green 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 sustainable design.

Eco Design’s cutting edge sustainable solutions have been widely published both locally and internationally and have earned them 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. Read more...

Current News
Website Problems Print E-mail

Our website is currently going through an upgrade. Unfortunately it can currently not be viewed in its full extent. We are hoping to resolve this as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

 
Updating of Construction and Info Manuals Print E-mail
We offer a number of construction & info manuals on our website on natural building technologies which specifically refer to the South African situation. A number of issues have recently been updated.  These are  the "Sandbag Building Manual" ,  "The Grey Water Recycling Document" and "Eco Friendly Timber in South Africa" (This also includes updated info regarding Moonphase Harvesting of timber) . Click here for more information.

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The Mamre Revitalization Project Print E-mail
The Mamre Revitalization Project is an initiative by the City of Cape Town to promote the preservation and restoration of Mamre’s rich heritage resources, while helping to alleviate poverty and promote skills transfer. Eco Design Architects have been appointed by the city to assist the community with this project, which consists of two phases:
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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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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