about
Alethea Duncan-Brown founded her practice in 1987, first working in Port Elizabeth and then in Durban. She relocated her practice to Plettenberg Bay in 2021 to the beautiful holiday town where she grew up as a child. The boutique practice focuses mainly on residential projects including new homes as well as remodelling and the renovation of existing houses.
Design Ethos
The practice is recognised for the holistic and integrative design approach involving each client, most of whom have been recommended by word of mouth. In this regard the interactive service offered allows for a personal and engaging process with each client. This ensures that each project achieves a functional, economically feasible and aesthetically pleasing end-result.
Each project receives Alethea’s full attention to fully evaluate the design problem, develop responsible and creative solutions and to participate throughout the building process to ensure that the end-product achieves the quality of the original design and execution in the final construction.
The intention of this design ethos is to create timeless designs that reflect a sense of place, space and identity resulting in meaningful architecture that considers the environment and is representative of the family for whom the home is designed.

education
University of Port Elizabeth – Bachelor of Building Arts (1982), Bachelor of Architecture (1984), Master of Architecture (1990).
professional registration
Member, South African Council for Architectural Professionals (SACAP). Membership No: 6630.
