ARB Architect specialising in naturally built homes across Herefordshire, and the Welsh Borders.

About SAWA

ARB-registered architect, Edward Dale-Harris, since 2018, specialises in contemporary naturally built residential private home projects, working on new build homes, extensions, retrofits and tiny houses. Working closely with natural materials such as hempcrete, clay, cob, straw, lime, stone and timber. With a growing network of ecologically and socially mindful consultants and builders in the region. Ed's home is near Builth Wells, Powys, frequently visiting Herefordshire, and the Welsh Borders towns. Taking on Project from all RIBA Stages, from Concept, Planning, Buildings Regs to Completion and is used. Working with budgets from £50k upwards. Do get in touch for some initial advice.

SAWA Showreel

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Socially

We respond to our individual and collective responsibility.

We collaborate with farmers, builders, teachers and professionals alike.

We learn by engaging local people in the creative process.

We work with communities, and aim to represent their developmental needs.

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Active

We are proactive: we create work, when we don’t have it.

We volunteer our skills to projects we believe in.

We have a critical eye that looks for architectural enhancements.

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Workshops

We designers and builders.

We like to learn, experiment and research to constantly improve.

We are always running workshops to share the empowering knowledge.

We love to get our hands dirty!

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Architecture

We hold highly our ‘duty of care’ in all that we do.

We see architecture as the perfection of navigating our time space reality.

Did you know!? 

Sawa in Swahili, spoken widely in Rwanda and East Africa, means ‘good / okay / right’.