Blog, Newsletter // April 6th, 2010
A fireplace feature in a modern post-and-beam house in Indian Arm, close to Vancouver, BC. The 24 x 36 cladding tile in Shiitake houses two wood-burning fireplaces, two-sided log storage and an entertainment centre.
Blog, Newsletter // April 6th, 2010
With the growing popularity of outdoor rooms, many homeowners are choosing to bring the warmth and ambience of fire into the back yard or patio with an outdoor fireplace or fire pit. While either can be a stunning centrepiece to an outdoor space, each is unique in personality, ease of installation and cost.
Outdoor fireplaces are [...]
Blog, News & Events // January 18th, 2010
Congratulations to Gabriel Massey of Houston, Texas who has won our “Name that Fire Pit” contest with his entry of “Halo.” Gabriel wins his very own Halo fire pit!
Blog, News & Events // December 4th, 2009
See our gingerbread house on CBC! See the Solus/Eastside Design entry in Creative Room’s Gingerbread Competition and Charity Auction. Hint: Ours is the one with the wind turbine…
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/BC/ID=1349692701
Support Architecture for Humanity by bidding on a gingerbread house at creativeroom.ca
Blog // November 17th, 2009
We are at the half-way point of our “Name That Fire Pit” Contest and we have chosen a short list of our favourite names so far. Here they are followed by the Facebook fan who first suggested them:
Halo – Gabriel Massey
Fire Dish – Anthony Carrino
Eclipse – Dale Nigel Gobel
Crater – David Burkle
Concavo – Michael Barker [...]
Blog, News & Events, Uncategorized // September 16th, 2009
Check out our facebook contest to name our new fire pit!
The fire pit is the 36″ x 36″ x 8″ tall floating slab pictured above. It is currently in the testing phase for an official launch early next year. We’ve debated over what to call it but have decided to turn it over to you.
If [...]
Blog // August 7th, 2009
This extensive project in Surrey, BC, utilized multiple components in various rooms. Along with fireplace surrounds and feature walls, they made creative use of Span surrounds and custom elements to clad columns and create spectacular door surrounds. The designer was Christina Oberti – www.cointeriordesign.com
Blog // July 7th, 2009
For Solus, the medium truly is the message – and as makers of designer concrete products in an ecologically sensitive world, a big part of our message is sustainability. But what does this really mean? And in this culture that is replete with “green” jargon, how can one separate fact from fallacy and get to [...]
Blog // May 21st, 2009
It’s a bit strange. After I published our first post giving respect to Tadao Ando, I immediately thought that I needed to follow up with something about a local architecture legend, Arthur Erickson. I had even set my iCal alarm to remind me to write this blog entry today, May 20th. It was odd and [...]
Blog, News & Events // May 11th, 2009
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