The City of Calgary commissioned in 2018, Hilton Landmarks to set the stage for an exciting columbarium garden design for St. Mary’s Cemetery. Once the columbarium design was finalized, the city selected industry leading Sunset Memorial & Stone to manufacture the columbaria.

This columbarium design video highlights how exciting columbarium design relies on a collaboration with cemetery management, a talented cemetery landscape architectural firm and the selection of an experienced columbarium manufacturer that has the design capabilities and engineering skillset to make a vision, reality.

In the interior of British Columbia lies the town of Salmon Arm. The town commissioned a master cemetery plan from Lees + Associates for the new Shuswap Memorial Cemetery.

The cemetery is nestled up against a stunning mountain backdrop with tall trees and foliage all around. Leading the eye to the centre of the cemetery is a long stone masonry wall with columbarium units evenly set within the wall.

The beautiful columbarium units were manufactured in Calgary by Sunset Memorial & Stone.

Learn about the design flexibility of Sunset Memorial & Stone’s curved columbaria called “The Chinook”. Look at the various columbarium design features that can be added to our existing curved columbarium models.

Sunset Memorial & Stone can customize a curved columbarium wall to meet your cemetery or church’s setting. We can adjust the curvature of our Chinook curved columbarium to the perfect size and radius.

Sunset Memorial & Stone is proud to present variations of our standard and custom round columbarium designs. Check out the beautiful grand dome design of the “The Estate Majestic”.

See why cemetery management choose the Estate I and Estate II models for their prominence and style in a cemetery setting.

Sunset is able to transform a standard model into a more customized columbarium that will enhance the overall effect and connect with the cemetery or church setting.

Discover beautifully designed cremation niches and custom columbarium solutions created for cemeteries, churches, memorial parks, and families seeking lasting remembrance. This short video showcases elegant granite cremation niches, architectural memorial walls, and personalized columbarium designs built with craftsmanship, durability, and timeless style in mind.

Final inspection walkthrough of a columbarium garden at Natchez City Cemetery. Columbarium USA installation and foundation.

Planning a columbarium installation doesn’t have to be complex. In this columbarium design video, we break down the complete process—from columbarium planning and ROI forecasting to site evaluation, foundation preparation, and final installation. Whether you manage a cemetery, memorial park, or are exploring cremation niche development, this guide will help you reduce risk, control costs, and maximize long-term returns.

A properly engineered columbarium foundation is critical to long-term stability, durability, and performance. In this clip, we break down the essential steps required to ensure your columbarium installation is built on a solid foundation. Whether you’re planning a new cemetery columbarium or expanding an existing site, understanding foundation requirements can help you avoid structural issues, costly repairs, and project delays.

Experience the beauty, craftsmanship, and design flexibility of The Chinook Columbarium by Sunset Memorial & Stone and Columbarium USA. Filmed across breathtaking locations from Canmore, Alberta to Natchez, Mississippi; from Shawnee, Oklahoma to Jefferson City, Missouri; and from Olds to Calgary, Alberta—this visually stunning video showcases a series of thoughtfully designed columbarium gardens that celebrate remembrance, landscape integration, and architectural artistry.

In 2014, Sunset Memorial & Stone worked in collaboration with Hilton Landmarks and The City of Edmonton to create one of the most technically impressive columbaria  design structures ever built on the continent. This unique custom design cascades down a stunning staircase at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The columbarium garden is named “Hillside Landings”. Hilton Landmarks transformed what was once an old cemetery access road into a beautiful columbarium staircase. The columbarium walls’ features and granite colors attracts the eye and draws visitors closer. It dominates the hillside and commands attention.

Welcome to the Northern Lights Veterans Cemetery Section in The City of Edmonton, Alberta. Designed by Gerald Dion of EDA Design the project encompasses a total of 314 columbarium niches employing 3 unique columbaria models manufactured and designed by Sunset Memorial & Stone.

We are excited to share Sunset Memorial & Stone’s latest version of the Royal Legacy Columbarium. This new church columbarium installation is set high upon a hilltop overlooking the Rocky Mountain Range. The Royal Legacy is a 72 niche columbarium. Each niche holds 2 urns.

Family Columbariums built exclusively for cemetery sections. Take a up close look at Mountain View Cemeteries Family columbaria section. The modern family columbaria were designed by Lees + Associates and manufactured by Sunset Memorial & Stone. See how stone, metal, granite and glass are incorporated to create individualized modern columbaria.

Explore how Sunset Memorial & Stone can turn a standard rectangular shaped columbarium into a stunning custom columbarium design. See our Standard Legacy columbarium model and how we can change elements of the Legacy by simply adding a sloped granite roof or edge detail on the columbarium roof. See how we can add masonry to a columbarium end wall to add texture and colour variation to the site.

Explore how Sunset Memorial & Stone can turn a standard rectangular shaped columbarium into a stunning custom columbarium design. See our Standard Legacy columbarium model and how we can change elements of the Legacy by simply adding a sloped granite roof or edge detail on the columbarium roof. See how we can add masonry to a columbarium end wall to add texture and colour variation to the site.

This is a story about a small southern Alberta town that invested in columbarium design and cemetery landscape architecture. In 2016, The Town of Okotoks commissioned award winning Lees + Associates to expand the cemetery’s existing columbarium garden. Sunset Memorial & Stone was the columbarium manufacturer selected to build the columbaria for this beautiful 448 niche project.

Sunset Memorial & Stone is proud to present our 2 of our latest mausoleum glass front and marble niches. The first part of the columbarium design video focuses on our glass front niches. See close up images of Mountain View Cemetery’s latest interior glass niche addition. It highlights the 3/4″ beveled edges on all the glass front niche shutters. See close up shots of Sunset’s Alberta Rose patterned Bronze rosettes.

Focus on our gorgeous corner glass niches and how we can seamlessly transition to a beautifully crafted corner glass niche compartment from one 90 degree angle to another.

See up close how our interior glass niche lighting locations are set within the glass niches. Keep in mind that we can employ flexible diffused lighting locations within the niche to customize the look.

Take a look at our how our corner glass niches don’t have a corner post. This adds a sleek appearance to any interior space as it allows for seamless sitelines from all angles. See up close how Sunset can break up the monotony of a long glass niche wall with a stunning column of larger curved glass niches.

The second part of the columbarium design video focuses on a Marble Front interior mausoleum niche option. The focus begins within a octagonal shaped room within the Our Lady of the Rockies Church in Canmore, Alberta. This section of the video highlights the custom crafted wood trim that finishes off the space.

The video showcases the design flexibility required in such tightly confined spaces.