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5 Unexpected Ways to Use Tile in Your Home

Architectural Ceramics

Visit your local Architectural Ceramics showroom for endless custom possibilities. Architectural Ceramics Chantilly Showroom display of Cannes White Frost Glass Mosaic and a Plaque of the City Scape Glass Mosaic by Erin Adams for New Ravenna (above). Custom Foliage Detroit Blues Glass Mosaic Wooden Tub Tray (above).

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The Saarinen House

The Perfect Bath

Sometimes he would shift the placement of a rug or a detail on a building to activate an axis and heighten an awareness of the architectural surroundings. The tile was designed by Eliel and crafted by the Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, which was unusual for them as they were known for their glaze variations. Then there are the bathrooms.

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Janet Bennett: A Life in Design

Making Tile Modern

By her own admission, she’d never claimed credit for the murals which were installed in 1961, when she was working for the architectural firm of Pereira & Luckman. Bennett grew up in Detroit; her father was a painter. The tiles for the San Francisco murals were ceramic , as opposed to the Italian glass used at the airport.”