Diary of a Tile Addict

JUNE 11, 2019

Founded in 2006 by architects Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis, TOUCHY-FEELY became a platform for sensory-orientated design. Cor Unum, a Dutch ceramics company, produced the FOUND SPACE TILES. They are made like standard ceramic wall tiles and can be glazed in standard white gloss, or customer colours specified by the client.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Part of the reason I am showing/ sharing these drawings with you is that these are the drawings I am using when showing the people in our office who are helping me set up or drafting standards in Revit. Anyone who has taken on the chore of adjusting the graphic standards for their own office knows that this is a slow and laborious process.

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Standards Architecture Policies Software 111

Heath Ceramics

JULY 6, 2016

In more recent years, we celebrated the launch of our book, Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity by Amos Klausner, at Headlands in 2006 with a dinner served on Heath; soon after, Heath provided in-kind donations of dinnerware. Photo by Andria Lo; courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts.

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San Francisco Kitchen Ceramics Tile 40

Ceramics of Italy

JANUARY 17, 2023

Italgraniti Group has successfully completed the process required to obtain B Corp certification , awarded by B Lab, a US nonprofit organisation that since 2006 has been quantifying a company’s environmental and social performance with the same rigour as its economic results.

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Strategy Standards 52

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

For drinks, Standard Tap is a must. Over 100 years old, the limestone-carved building combines 21st-century amenities and historic charm, such as oversized windows and ceramic tiling. Ceramic-tile bathrooms and hardwood flooring also contribute to the character of the units.

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