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ICG Italia celebrates Women’s History Month

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The women-led ICG Italia, brand of Iris Ceramica Group, developed this program as part of an important Women’s History Month initiative to honor women’s leadership roles in the architecture and design community. Michelle Hatton SOM, Associate Principal Originally from South Africa, Hatton started her career in Houston with Gensler.

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Feeling Groovy with Dimensional Tile

Architectural Ceramics

Here, we’re featuring just some of the dimensional tile collections available through Architectural Ceramics. Our next dimensional tile option, from our Namibia Collection aptly named after the stunning desert terrain in South Africa, combines hand-made carving and glazing techniques that result in a truly unique ceramic field tile.

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Obituary: Peter Richman Spirer, industry icon

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Creative marketing supported Horizon’s unique product platform. For the Safari collection, Spirer dispatched a team to the Zulu nation in South Africa to interview and photograph the tribesmen as they reacted to the faithfully reproduced animal skin designs. That was the best decision I ever made,” Spirer said.

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The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

Life of an Architect

is a design and manufacturing company specializing in sculpture, architectural features and commercial products Joe McCall – A noted and reputable designer with over 23 AIA award-winning buildings to his credit, there are so many accolades that you can share about Joe that they are too numerous to list.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Just a few days later, all the plywood formwork gets removed and you can see the finished concrete product. Rossco Its great to see this discussion,in the past we also used polystyrene sheets beneath the surface bed /floor slab(South Africa),it too would perish ,a void would remain to allow for the expansive displacement vertically.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing. Get yourself an architectural blog and that number will grow to 10 Million times.

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Privacy, Architecture and the Internet | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Part of the reason I wanted to introduce the topic of privacy, architecture, and the internet was I received a negative comment on my site earlier this week and it really got under my skin – not really sure why, it was an ignorant comment. about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect?