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The Wonderous Diagonal Mar Park

Tile of Spain USA

Located in the New Forum district, the park was built atop an old factory site in 2002, with the goal of connecting the city’s past reputation as an industrial mecca with its present and future desire to become a contemporary metropolis at the forefront of originality and architecture.

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Call for entries for the latest edition of ASCER’s Tile of Spain Awards

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

The awards are divided into three categories: Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project, with prizes totalling €39,000. ASCER (the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced the eighteenth edition of its Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project.

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Sensory Structures

Diary of a Tile Addict

The solid austerity of concrete, symbolically associated with an uncompromisingly modern architectural style, is contrasted with warm graphic motifs taken from the Italian embroidery and the textile tradition. Matrice also takes ideas from modern Italian architecture to develop a series of finishes that can be applied to porcelain stoneware.

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“I Owe a Lot to This Industry”

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I later worked as a sales manager for Laticrete International for seven years, before founding Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants (CTaSC) on May 5, 2002. I am currently the chair of the CTDA Education Committee.

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Ramiro Chaves talks Design Culture Mexico

Heath Ceramics

As part of Carla Fernández: Design Culture Mexico , we’re excited to include the work of Argentina-born visual artist Ramiro Chaves , who’s called Mexico home since 2002. I started out studying cinematography but eventually turned to photography and architectural research—I realized I prefer working with spaces over people.

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Shaw names top 10 sustainable companies

Floor Covering News

The organization said it developed the Architecture and Design Materials Pledge to inspire a shift in how architects and designers evaluate the products and finishes that they specify on a daily basis. Founded in 2002, the organization said it engages the work of chemists, political scientists, business experts, communicators and others.

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Focus On: Hideki TakayamaWe’ve been working with Japanese.

Heath Ceramics

Taka, who originally hails from Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, and since 2002 has lived in Mashiko with Junko. When I entered college, I either wanted to study architecture or fashion. Since I also had an interest in architecture, I started doing work on store interiors. In architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright.

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