Cedar Creek Pump Station

  • Cedar Creek Pump Station

  • <p>Go inside the City Hall of Kelowna to view these feature art walls. With the technical supervision of Solum Rammed Earth and artistic direction of Geert Maas, volunteers from Kelowna formed and rammed these walls. This was a very unique application for rammed earth and it was an amazing experience for us to be a part of.</p>

    Spirit of Kelowna Art Project

  • <p>Location: Oliver, BC</p> <p>Insulated rammed earth walls envelope this 3500 sq ft rancher. Rammed earth overfills on all 19 openings are a key feature which sets this rammed earth house apart. Advanced mix design resulted in lower cement content and the inclusion of fly-ash in the mix while maintaining high compressive strengths.</p>

    Weinrich Residence

  • <p>Location: Indian Rock, BC</p> <p>This 150 ft long courtyard wall was designed in a South West Style where portions are scribed right to the exposed natural bedrock. Featured in the Oct Nov Issue of Okanagan Home Magazine in an articel on Solum Rammed Earth.</p> <p>Design: Suncastle Designs</p> <p>Contractor: Ritchie Contracting and Design Ltd.</p> <p>Main Photo: Gord Wylie</p>

    Kelly Residence Courtyard Wall

  • <p>Location: Naramata, BC</p> <p> </p> <p>Stabilized rammed earth gets combined with sandblasted architectural concrete resulting in these unique feature bollard bases that light up the streets of this exclusive wine country residential development. Designed by Site360, theses units were pre-casted at our shop and craned out to site, a first for the rammed earth industry in Canada.</p>

    Stonebrook, The Benchlands Naramata

  • <p>Location: Penticton, BC</p> <p> </p> <p>Stabilized rammed earth walls were used in this landscape renovation to retain earth and complement the surrounding Okanagan vineyard landscape.  The natural aesthetics of rammed earth uniquely blend the built environment with the natural environment. </p>

    Hill Residence

  • <p>Location: Twisp, WA</p> <p> </p> <p>Nestled among the river flats this 2500 sq ft custom home has an stabilized-insulated rammed earth building envelope complete with interior feature walls and custom carved art moulded into the walls. Rammed earth work was completed in the summer of 2006 and remains one of our highlight project experiences.</p>

    Luvon Residence

  • <p>Location: Penticton, BC</p> <p> </p> <p>Stabilized-insulated rammed earth walls envelope the lower level of this 2700 sq.ft rancher. A unique rammed earth fireplace surround balances out the mass walls and traditional timber framing. Upper level walls are double stick-frame walls, providing continuity in the building envelope with the high R-value energy-efficient rammed earth walls.</p>

    Johnsen-Makwich Residence