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Avente Tile Talk: Persian Tile: A Form of Art and Religious Expression

Tile Talk

Sheikh Lutf Allah Mosque is one of the architectural masterpieces of Safavid Iranian architecture, standing on the eastern side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square, Isfahan, Iran. It holds an important position among the various decorative arts in Iranian architecture. Tuesday, December 4, 2012. Image via: www.IslamicArts.org. at 6:00 AM.

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Architectural Models | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Architects / Architectural Models Architectural Models Bob Borson — September 12, 2013 — 33 Comments One of the biggest changes I have seen since moving over to my new office is that the number of scale models has gone up considerably. Can’t wait to go to architecture school.

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“I Owe a Lot to This Industry”

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My grandmother worked at Gladding McBean (Franciscan Tile), hand painting dinnerware while she was pregnant with my father. Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. TileDealer : Discuss the architectural specifications aspect of your work.

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Avente Tile Talk: Thanks to the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

Tile and our Collective History One of the reasons I started Avente was my love of tile - both in the beauty of the hand painted design and the sense of place and time it conveys. The light hand painted blue and white strokes of a stylistic floral pattern on tile can have you dreaming about a centuries-old street corner in Portugal.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Nutmeg Designs

Tile Talk

Flipping through a book of her art, I found a watercolor painting of totem poles evocative of what our client requested. This year Wayne and I began a blog at our website for collaborations (http//nutmegdesignsart.com), documenting work in progress, our commissions and the process of being a Dynamic Duo. design standards.

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What Home Buyers Really Want | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

d in labor each would have furred those ceilings to a much more humane 96″ cleing height–which would be more than offset by the savings in drywall and paint. Your standard sized kitchen would benefit more from one DW and one Wine fridge a bit more I would think. About $40 in 2x and 0.5m/d Send to Email Address.

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