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Medieval Flooring & Encaustic Tile

Architectural Ceramics

The image above shows the tiled floor of Winchester Cathedral , which boasts the largest area of original medieval tiles in the United Kingdom! Patterns ranged from geometric designs, decorative mosaics, family crests, and depictions of Christian scenes and symbols. The famous Tring Tiles , located at the British Museum.

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The winning product, Redi Trench™, is an incredibly exciting marriage of design and function. Designers have the choice of selecting either tile-in-grate or non-tile-able versions. ” Redi Trench™ features offer endless design flexibility as it can be used with any size Redi Base (30″–72”), plank pitched, molded-in trench.

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Avente Tile Talk: Step Up to Spanish Tile | September 2012

Tile Talk

Using the Majolica technique of glazing, our Hand-Painted Spanish Ceramic Tile designs include colorful patterns from the different regions of Spain, or the traditional blue and white found in the New Iberica border tiles and liners. Use the 3"x6" tiles to create a border, or make a bold design statement using the 2" dots in a row.

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Kaleidoscopic Crinson

Diary of a Tile Addict

These days digitally printing tiles to create intricate and unimaginable designs is fairly standard practice, but 20 years ago things were rather different. His work not only made an impact due to a change in processes, but his designs and style are themselves entirely inspiring.

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Ca’Pietra Collection Selection

Diary of a Tile Addict

Their porcelain wood-look collection Rotterdam is designed to suit any space. With colour options ranging from Light to Dark wood, as well as the inclusion of a Marble style piece, the tiles can be mixed and matched to create varies visual effects, as well as simply being used as a standard wood replacement. Navajo Denim (200x200mm).

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2014 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition - The Winners

Life of an Architect

Home / Playhouse Competition 2014 / 2014 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition – The Winners 2014 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition – The Winners Bob Borson — May 26, 2014 — 15 Comments On Friday, May 23rd – we took the top 21 entries that were selected and whittled them down to the top two.

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A Photo Tour of Salisbury Cathedral | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

This is looking up into the one area we weren’t allowed to climb … the actual spire itself (which at 404 feet, it is the tallest spire in all of the United Kingdom.) Zeljko There are two sorts of buildings I would never look at it or even design it as an architect. of the lens. Arrrrgggghhh!!

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