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Celebrating Distinctions in Mexican History and Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Today, Cinco de Mayo isn’t considered a major holiday in Mexico, but in the United States it has become an important day, especially for those with Mexican-American heritage, to honor Mexican culture by way of festivals filled with parades, music, dancing and food. A vintage-vibe kitchen with terra cotta tile floors.

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Time2Design: Four Corners of Law & Architecture, Charleston South.

Time2Design

Four Corners of Law & Architecture, Charleston South Carolina. It is architecturally a very enchanting and visually interesting place to visit. The Courthouse representing state law (Neoclassical Style), Charleston County Courthouse 1790-92 - architect James Hoban. Four Corners of Law & Architecture, Charleston So.

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Cement Tiles Inspired by World Travels

Granada Tile

Home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture, Florence has terracotta-tile domed cathedrals, sculptures, and beautiful tiles around every corner. Colonial tile in the United States is inspired greatly by European tile , with intricate filigree and floral designs embellished with unique borders. Firenze Tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Thanks to the Tile Heritage Foundation

Tile Talk

The Preservation of our Tile Heritage The Tile Heritage Foundation promotes an awareness and appreciation of ceramic surfaces in the United States. Tile and our Collective History One of the reasons I started Avente was my love of tile - both in the beauty of the hand painted design and the sense of place and time it conveys.

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Avente Tile Talk: Relief Cement Tile

Tile Talk

Relief cement tile are not commonly found here in the United States. hand painted tile. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. MYD | architecture + design. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. The texture was artistically integrated into the pattern to add a complexity to the floor tile.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Three reader questions for a.

Kitchen and Residential Design

While its true that there are metallic spray paints out there, they cannot accurately recreate the appearance of something like brushed nickel. Spray painting is not as easy as it looks under normal circumstances and in the case of kitchen cabinet hardware, the existing finish will will working overtime to prevent you from painting it.

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Yumi and Hatano Studio: The Yoga of Color and Design

Making Tile Modern

In 1997, I moved to the United States and, after finishing graduate school in Texas, I worked in NYC as a business analyst/project manager for financial firms. We were allowed to choose different materials, paint colors and so on. Most of the NYSID faculty members owned architecture or interior design firms.

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