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12th Casalgrande Padana Grand Prix award open for entries

Ceramics of Italy

The twelfth Grand Prix award welcomes architecture projects completed between January 2016 and December 2021 that have used Casalgrande Padana porcelain stoneware slabs for floor and/or wall coverings in any area of public or private construction, whether indoors or outdoors, new build or renovation. www.casalgrandepadana.it.

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Not All Wood-Look Tiles Are Created Equal

Architectural Ceramics

Rockville, MD – July 2016 – Wood-look tile hit the market over a decade ago, and has only been increasing in popularity since. To understand the difference between a red clay, white clay, and porcelain tile, there is a document that lays out some specifications on our website here.)

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Stats 2021: Laminate picks up right where it left off in 2020

Floor Covering News

Volume-wise, the category grew at a slower rate (3.1%) compared to sales, reflecting higher prices for resins, melamine and fiberboard materials—some of the primary ingredients that go into the production of laminate flooring. in 2016; and 6.6% the 7mm and 8mm product offerings that are so appealing to renters and DIYers).

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The 31 Best Residential Design Blogs Featuring Awesome Cement Tile (A Definitive List For Encaustic Tile Enthusiasts)

Granada Tile

Although their concrete tile coverage, which mostly focuses on new products, is limited, what they do spotlight is both beautiful and intriguing. Favoring well-designed products over mass-market, disposable goods, it’s no wonder that cement tiles are a mainstay of the richly-layered yet calm spaces that they feature.

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MIA Technical Expertise Showcased at the Middle East Stone Show

StoneDimensions

The sustainability class highlighted the recently published ANSI/NSC 373 Sustainable Production of Natural Dimension Stone and Natural Stone Council, NSC 373 Chain of Custody standards. These standards have been developed to document and improve the sustainability profile of natural dimension stone production. Exhibitors.

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I’m Nine Years Old – Old Age

Life of an Architect

This typically means projects of mine are under construction and I can talk about sorts of construction techniques, details that were developed as I show the executed product, amusing anecdotes from job site visits, my love/hate relationship with the software Procore … in other words, tons of what I think would be interesting posts.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

Life of an Architect

But I prefer the larger sets as they offer a bit more time to assemble and provide more detail to the finished product. But the sets I have selected are still in production for this year. Atlas of Brutalist Architecture [$132] This is the only book to thoroughly document the world’s finest examples of Brutalist architecture.

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