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Arto Brick

Diary of a Tile Addict

When the Egyptian revolution began Arto fled to Beirut, and when the crisis began in Lebanon he headed to North America. In the early 60s he travelled around America before finding his home in Venice, California. Lyon Cement Tile Marias Cement Tile Santa Clara Cement Tile.

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Coverings previews 2024 tile trends

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Contempo concrete: To complement the raw beauty of contemporary architecture, designers are giving us fresh interpretations of modern cement in porcelain format. Porcelain panels panache: The world is witnessing and embracing the availability of production-ready versions of full-body porcelain panels.

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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

Check out the following tips below, organized into categories, to care for and maintain your porcelain, ceramic, glass or natural stone tile. Simply put, when it comes to porcelain tile, the care and maintenance required is almost none. Porcelain tile from AC’s Himalaya Collection , made to look like polished or matte marble.

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Building code update expands tile market opportunities

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Seen here is Daltile’s Industrial Selection-Panoramic Porcelain Surfaces. An update to the International Building Code (IBC) will allow designers to use adhered porcelain tiles as large as 48 x 48 inches or 36 x 72 inches on building facades. Anderson, S.C.—An

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Coverings releases 2022 product previews

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Coverings’ three primary pavilions, Ceramics of Italy, Tile Council of North America and Tile of Spain, will feature expansive, diverse and innovative product showcases. Art Walls , the new collection by Flaviker, reinterprets wallpaper decorations with slabs made of ultra-thin, large-format porcelain stoneware.

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2018 Tile Trends from Tile of Spain

JG Kitchens

This seems to be a truism in most global marketplaces but certainly is the case in North America where design and architecture features so much of the native timber. North America tends to favor planks in the 8×36″ size with upscale markets favoring the longer 48″ planks. Pavers Cement Their Position.

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2018 Tile Trends from Tile of Spain

JG Kitchens

This seems to be a truism in most global marketplaces but certainly is the case in North America where design and architecture features so much of the native timber. North America tends to favor planks in the 8×36″ size with upscale markets favoring the longer 48″ planks. Pavers Cement Their Position.

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