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Back to Basics: Which material is right for my design?

Architectural Ceramics

Architectural Ceramics carries a wide variety of materials each with their own features. Should you choose stone, ceramic, glass or something else? Natural stone is harvested from quarries and then cut to various sizes. Some examples of stone tile include marble, quartz, limestone, slate, and granite.

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Timeless to Timeworn: 4 New Stone-Look Collections Made In The USA

Garden State Tile Blog

The Marmo Bianco porcelain collection mixes a refined selection of luxurious white marbles quarried from the most renowned sites in the world: Italy and Greece. The Avenue Porcelain collection is inspired by the industrial and artistic ambience of North East cities, where different cultures and architectural styles generate worldwide buzz.

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March Madness: ACI’s Final Four Tile Matchups

Architectural Ceramics

With the final four games this weekend, Architectural Ceramics put together our own final four match ups, and it’s just what you’d expect: tile. Let’s see how your tile picks compare to a few of our own; and which material, porcelain, ceramic, glass or stone is favored to take it all. Natural Stone.

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Tile with Money in Mind

Architectural Ceramics

So take a break from crunching the numbers, and take a look at a few tile examples from Architectural Ceramics that have cash in mind. Since we’re on the heels of our March Madness: ACI’s Final Four Tile Matchups blog, let’s round out a list in the same main tile types: porcelain, ceramic, glass and natural stone.

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Italian Instincts

Diary of a Tile Addict

The Link range offers a new riff on the popular cotto/cement look with a simple concrete vibe. Ceramiche Lea’s Nextone is a collection with an engineered stone effect. The colour options – Freddi, Ice, Ash, Storm, Caldi, Vanilla, Croissant, and Coffee – sit happily in the interesting neutral camp.

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Queries & Quandaries

StoneDimensions

We’ve even seen the manmade quartz aggregate products referred to as “quartzite” The geology sections of the MIA’s Dimension Stone Design Manual (DSDM) are quite well written, and below is what the DSDM explains about quartz-based stones: Sandstone is a nonmetamorphic sedimentary stone. In paragraph 3.6

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Kitchen and Residential Design: A Coverings preview

Kitchen and Residential Design

• Apavisa (Booth 2519) is heading to Coverings with Archconcept, a new collection of patterns in stone, metal and cement finishings that are inspired by the latest manufacturing technology and trends in architecture. • Casalgrande Padana SpA (Booth 4700) is showing Architecture and Bios.

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