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Solterre Design

West End Suite 202 - 3008 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS 492-1215

Tags: Design and Architecture, Architects,
Features: Green, Green: Home & Garden

Setting itself apart as the only architectural firm in Nova Scotia working exclusively with environmental projects, Solterre aims to build better instead of bigger. Projects are guided from the design phase through to construction to achieve LEED certification. A team of designers create energy efficient and environmentally friendly residential and small commercial buildings, custom suited to the clients’ needs. Current LEED projects in HRM include the Halifax Main Library, the Dartmouth Bridge Terminal, the Grainary Loft Apartments and the Saint Mary’s University Atrium building. Current design projects include the Valley Waste Resource Management administration offices, designed to a world leading “Passive House” energy efficiency standard and targeting LEED certification, as well as an off-grid, Passive House standard concept cottage.

Five years of Local Jo

From the window of her office at the architectural firm Solterre Design, Local Jo Café & Market (2959 Oxford Street, 455-6225) co-owner Jennifer Corson can look down to her café. From another window she can see the roof of her home, and just down the street on Almon is another business she’s involved in, Renovators Resource, which is operated by her sister Alison Philbey. Corson is truly a supporter of her neighbourhood. “It was very self-serving,” she explains, outlining how five years ago last week she, with her husband Keith Robertson and backyard neighbours David Black and Heather Scott, opened
- by Carsten Knox
- Feb 16, 2010