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

Architectural Ceramics

When designing for a tile project, there are more factors than just color and style to keep in mind. Architectural Ceramics carries a wide variety of materials each with their own features. Natural stone is harvested from quarries and then cut to various sizes. Should you choose stone, ceramic, glass or something else?

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Expect the Unexpected from Tile Variation

Architectural Ceramics

Architectural Ceramics is here to help you know what type of range, be it subtle or extreme, to expect from ceramic, porcelain and stone; and to know how best to prepare for it. AC’s Freedom Collection showcases a V4 rating, because it was designed to look like natural slate. Waverly mosaic via Architectural Ceramics.

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Modern Marble Design Pioneers

StoneDimensions

The word ‘marble’ is derived from the Greek word for ‘shining stone’, aptly describing this masonry dream, which was highly regarded and often used by master painter and sculptor, Michaelangelo. He favoured Carrara marble due to its beauty, white gleam, beautiful reflection qualities and stunning malleability.

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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. This colorway features a range of earth tones adaptable to a range of design schemes. Architectural Ceramics offers a variety of tile collections that feature metallics in some way.

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Why External Porcelain Paving is a Safer Choice for Your Patio

The London Tile Co.

Contemporary selection of colours and designs. Step seamlessly from inside you home to your outdoor space and feel like you haven’t left the room with these specially designed tiles in the indoor-outdoor collection. Portico has a deep grey-blue colour with random marbling, inspired by quarried Cumbrian slate.

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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. With that said, please use this chart as a guideline for each type of tile material we offer at Architectural Ceramics. Download your own 2018 Tile Bracket here. Natural Stone.

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"Travertine, Before And After"

How to Floor Tile

After it is mined or quarried it is cut into slabs and one side is finished. This Natural stone has some of the traits of Marble Tile being very soft and can be difficult to work with because it is brittle. Nor would I suggest Marble. The mining and production of Travertine Tile is varied. Some of it is honed and smoothed.