Tile of Spain USA

JANUARY 4, 2017

. This post originally appeared on Metropolis, written by Dora Vanette. Tile manufacturing, an industry with over 2,000 years of history, has had a remarkably energetic past thirty years. The recent innovation boom began in the 1980s, when the invention of roller kilns sped up the process of firing tile; what once took a full day could now take mere hours.

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Stone Update

JANUARY 4, 2017

Entries will be accepted online for the event’s installation and design awards for stone and tile.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 4, 2017

Maybe this will be exciting, maybe it won’t, but I am going to start writing a few articles a month on architectural graphics and what I’ve done to get my drawings to look the way they do. I might talk hardcore technical computer specifics from time to time but for the most part, I am going to focus on the really small details. The idea for this series came to me the other day when I was asked by one of my employees to walk through some cabinet shop drawings and explain exactly what

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2017

asdfg Architekten converted the oldest heritage building of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Germany, into an original home for a family with three children. The challenge was immense, as the authorities requested the main facade to be reconstructed exactly as depicted on a drawing from 1844. “The history and special situation of the building was a big challenge, but we also saw a high potential in it to become a very unique single family house with a garden in the center of one of the most pop

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The A to Z of Building

JANUARY 4, 2017

Although concrete is not regarded as a plastic, plasticity at small scales can boost the utility of concrete as the most-used material in the world by allowing it to continually adapt to stress,

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2017

The driving concept behind the Balancing Home , a project of Luigi Rosselli Architects , is simple: Infusing the comforting collective memory of tradition with a modern understanding. Part of a growing suburb on Sydney’s North Shore, the Balancing Home Creates an equilibrium between traditional architectural styles and contemporary sensibilities by using bold finishing features and details deferential to tradition.

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KB Culture

JANUARY 4, 2017

For better or worse, it's sauna season. This model, with the minimalist name 'Air', features suspended interior elements, which allows the unit to be installed on an existing floor. Locating the heater in the center of the sauna, rather than the usual corner or sidewall spot, makes the steam-bathing experience that much more of a communal affair—more true to its nature, I think. effegibi-perfect-wellness.com.

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