Category Archives: Fireplace Design
Moving to Modern – The Evolution of the Gas Fireplace
With the development of clean-faced gas fireplaces, ribbon flames and ventless, open ethanol burners, designers now have the raw materials for modern gas fireplace design. Modern gas fires are not simply appliances, but design elements that can be used create fire features that tie into and complement their environs, using contemporary proportions. Continue reading
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Designing With Concrete – Color In Context
For anyone who has ever chosen paint colors, you know how important it is to view potential color choices in the space that they will ultimately be used. And you also know how difficult it is to choose a color … Continue reading
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Designing Modern Fire Pits – Fire As A Design Medium
In my posts about modern fire pit toppings I alluded using fire as a design medium. This is a fundamentally different approach than one might take if creating a fire pit with a ‘traditional’ look, and it is an idea … Continue reading
Moving Toward Modern: Renovating Your Fireplace
For homes built early in the last century, living room fireplaces were standard issue. Unlike earlier Victorian designs, which featured ornate woodwork and marble facings, these fireplaces were modest in their detail and materials, often faced with the same brick … Continue reading
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Designing a Concrete Fireplace – Part 3: Strength and Tectonics
This is part three in a series of posts about designing fireplace mantels, surrounds, tiles and other fire features with precast concrete. I hope to share with you some of the appreciation for this fantastic material that I have gained … Continue reading
Concrete Fireplace Design Glossary – “Artifacts”
When designing concrete fireplaces, tiles, fire pits and other architectural elements, it is important to have a good understanding of not only the material’s aesthetic qualities, but how it acts and reacts when it is being fabricated. Like other natural … Continue reading
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Designing a Concrete Fireplace – Part 2: Colour
This is part two in a series of posts about designing fireplace mantels, surrounds, tiles and other fire features with precast concrete. I hope to share with you some of the appreciation for this fantastic material that I have gained … Continue reading
Designing a Concrete Fireplace – Part 1: It’s Not Easy Being Grey
This is part one in a series of posts about designing fireplace mantels, surrounds, tiles and other fire features with precast concrete. I hope to share with you some of the appreciation for this fantastic material that I have gained … Continue reading
