Eco Design Architects & Consultants

16/07/2026

Clayworks Rammed Earth finishes offer endless design possibilities, from organic gradients to precise banding, layered colour fades to bolder accent tones.

Inspired by natural geological strata or traditional rammed earth construction, each finish is custom crafted to suit the vision of every project.

Photograph by Elliot Sheppard

21/08/2025

07/07/2025

As architects, to create something truly ecological, we are dependent on a visionary brief and the faith and determination of our clients.
This off-grid, rammed-earth, timber and stone "House of Dragons" complete with earthen floors, planted roofs and a bio-pool was just such a project.

24/10/2024

After our old website was repeatedly hacked, we are pleased to announce that we have re-launched our newly revised and updated website: www.ecodesignarchitects.co.za

Eco Design - Architects & Consultants Green Architecture is not a style, trend or a vernacular and neither is it new. At its core is the principle of respect and caring for the earth.

05/03/2023

The sweeping views from House Klipspringer are uninterrupted with any handrails, as the bio-pool planter is extended in front of the sunken lounge area that drops away below the outside dining veranda space.

Jerome Davies of Ecopoolssa consulted on the details of the bio pool filter system which uses plants and gravels to filtrate the water rather than having a conventional salt or chlorinated system, while the client did the planting.

Credit: Photo by Jordana Morgan

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15/02/2023

The recessed lighting over the antique Indian door of House Klipspringer celebrates the drama of the entry space and what lies beyond.
The roof space opens up to the light and view, while wrapping around to form a shaded U-shaped courtyard.
The open plan living space opens out onto a bio-pool and veranda spaces with outdoor dining and sunken lounge all oriented toward the south facing views of the Blyde River Canyon mountain range and river below.
The main structure is juxtaposed with rafters & ridge beams of supporting a

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04/02/2023

The entry pathway winding to the front door of the house, leads one from the parking area to the main house and has been carefully designed to nestle between the existing trees and rocks of the site., while its natural materials, with stonework, rammed earth walling and planted roofing, help the house blend into the landscape.

24/01/2023

Photos of the outside dining area of House Klipspringer under construction.

19/01/2023

House Klipspringer, demonstrates a combination of strategies to achieve in a hot bushveld climate. Some of the thinking to achieve this were:
-the use of materials with high thermal mass such as the and
-an insulated , which also helps reduce the heat island effect while providing evaporative cooling along with the adjacent
-high volume living spaces which create a stack effect to draw the heat upwards as well as extra shading around the outside living space as well as
-orientating the house towards the south, away from the heat of the harsh north sun.

12/09/2022

JNA Roofing's photos from the site of House Klipspringer, start to show how the capture the expanse of views from the site.