“Life is not about maximizing everything, it's about giving something back - like light, space, form, serenity, joy. You have to give something back.”
- Glen Murcutt
Carlu Swart
Professional Architect – M(Prof) Arch. with distinction (UP) - 2006
Founder and Managing Director - Drawbox Design Studio - 2012
---Awards ---
---PIA Design Prize ---
Best Architecture Student, Third-Year Design
---Holm Jordaan Group Prize ---
Best Student in all modules in Third Year
--- SAIA Prize ---
Highest Average in all 700 & 800 Modules: Architecture
--- Corobrik Prize ---
First Prize: Best Final Year Average for Design and Technical documentation --
--- PIA Design Prize ---
Best Student in Design: M.Arch(Prof)
12th Wood Conference, Cape Town - 2023
--- Lunawood Architects’ Days ---
A collaborative workshop on building materials & sustainability, Finland 2022
--- Glen Murcutt Master Class ---
Selected as a participant in the GMCC, 2019
--- Media Features/ Interviews ---
The Home Channel - DSTV Channel 186
Finest Homes - S3 E5 - May 2021
Trends Magazine - Structural Masterminds - July 2018 issue
Trends Magazine - Future Homes Article - Dec 2023 issue

“Life is not about maximizing everything, it's about giving something back - like light, space, form, serenity, joy. You have to give something back.”
- Glen Murcutt
Mikela van Dyk
BTech (Arch) Prof - TUT - 2012
---Awards ---
Tshwane University of Technology
Received Award for Exceptional Achievement from Tshwane University of Technology for her 5th Year Dissertation on Rammed Earth as an Alternative Building Construction Material (80%)

Our Design Process
Our craft is an art of rhythm and resonance, where the design process unfolds like a symphony. It begins with a deep listening to the client's needs, a quiet understanding of their vision. From there, we attune ourselves to the land, conducting a site analysis that reveals both its constraints and its hidden potential.
Just as a composer listens to the silence between the notes, we listen to the dialogue between these elements, carefully crafting a design that blends the client's desires with the unique qualities of the land. Each constraint becomes a note, each opportunity a chord, all woven together in a delicate balance. The design emerges not as a static form, but as a living composition — like music, where every element is arranged with intention and harmony, creating a structure that resonates as both art and place.
