Plans Selection for Download

All these designs (except the Tropical selection) are passive solar eco homes.

Smaller Eco Houses

Larger Eco Houses

Solabode Houses

Tropical Collection

Smaller Eco Houses
Eco-House Kanuka 2BR The original 2 BR version of this popular passive solar cottage with mezzanine bedrooms. Materials are Black Onduline corrugated cladding with Macrocarpa timber facings to windows and corners. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Kanuka 3BR The original 3 BR version of this popular passive solar cottage with mezzanine bedrooms. Materials are Black Onduline corrugated cladding with Macrocarpa timber facings to windows and corners. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Pakawau A sweet little 2BR passive solar beach home featuring adobe thermal feature walls and clerestory windows. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Milton MODEST SIZED 2 BEDROOM PASSIVE SOLAR HOME WITH STYLING INFLUENCED BY TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. Clad with textured plywood and cover battens, this design is ideal for 'in-fill' sections in high-density residential zones. Two bedrooms and an integrated home office in open plan Living areas with vaulted ceilings. Click here to view the gallery »
Larger Eco Houses
Eco-House Blenheim The Blenheim was designed back in 2005 for a flat site in the sunny Top of the South. It is a spacious contemporary styled passive solar family home which would stand out from the crowd (in appearance and performance) in any new subdivision or lifestyle block. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Te Mara At 256m2 total floor area plus a 40m2 veranda and a Loft above the Garage, the Te Mara is a generous family passive solar heated home. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Tawa A Passive Solar ecologically friendly contemporary family home designed for new subdivisions in order to 'buck the trend' of standard housing around them. The home features a Living wing and a bedroom wing separated by a double garage Click here to view the gallery »
Solabode Houses
Eco-House Solabode Starter Home Design Drawings only The original 3BR Solabode with internal solid adobe walls. An Award winning affordable eco home. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Starter Home v1.2 A modified Solabode Starter Home with 3 bedrooms and garage.The Lounge and Dining room depth were extended out to provide a more spacious living space and to improve the architectural appearance along the front of the building. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Solar Tempered 2 BR + Carport While not a true passive solar home, this 2 bedroom house has all the energy efficient features of other Solabodes except for a thermal mass floor. Click here to view the gallery »
Solabode MK1 Houses
Eco-House Solabode MK1 V1 2BR The original 2BR Solabode with internal solid adobe walls. An Award winning affordable eco home. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk1 V2 2BR The second Solabode built with attached garage and a variation on the floor plan layout. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk1 3BR Solabode 003 with a pitched gable roof for better snow shedding. Click here to view the gallery »
Solabode MK2 Houses
Eco-House Solabode Mk2 1BR + Carport A very low cost 1 bedroom + carport home, without compromising on comfort or energy efficiency. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk2 2BR A simple 2 bedroom Solabode Mk2 design and lean-to carport with sheltered alcoves for firewood. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk2 3BR + Garage A modular 3 bedroom home with sloping ceiling and open plan kitchen/dining/lounge. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk2 3BR, Study, Garage + Workshop A simple passive solar 3 bedroom plus study home with open plan living and attached double garage with large workshop. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk2 2 BR + Carport At just under 92 sqm this compact house has all the great features and comfort of a Solabode passive solar home, for a very reasonable price. The plan was set up for a future extension to the west side. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk2 2BR + Garage A modest Solabode Mk2 with 100m2, 2 bedrooms and with a flipped floor plan for the eastern access way and with a large single garage/workshop. Click here to view the gallery »
Solabode MK3 Houses
Eco-House Solabode Mk3 2 BR + Garage This plan has two bedrooms facing north at each side of the building and set back slightly under the eaves for a reduction in winter sunshine to reduce overheating on sunny winter days - allowing easier sleeps. Click here to view the gallery »
Eco-House Solabode Mk3 3 BR + Carport This very compact 142m² 3 bedroom + study family home has a versatile changeable living space using large sliding doors and is designed in the Califonian bungalow style Click here to view the gallery »
Tropical Collection
Vanuatu Design Drawings only This generous sized holiday home designed for tropical locations is primarily constructed with pre cast concrete tilt-panel walls, as such technology and material sources are usually available in most locations with an international port. Click here to view the gallery »
Aitutaki Designed as a holiday home on a coastal site in the Cook Islands, this little bach provides all the comforts of home in the tropics in a sweet architectural package designed to emulate the Pacific 'Beach Fale' style. Click here to view the gallery »