Tile Talk
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Tuesday, December 10, 2013. Portuguese Ceramic Tile: Architectural History and Preservation Through the Ages. Ceramic tile façade in Portugal. Portugal is a land of Medieval castles, cobblestone villages, captivating cities and golden-sand beaches, history, great food and wine, and beautiful scenery. Aside from all these wonderful things are the ceramic tiles of the country.
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'Pretiosa is a unique blend of quarried stones, combining unusual veining, natural colorways and lots of movement. Pretiosa is an encompassing mixture of different elements and movements, united by a single background tone. Stocked in our Plymouth warehouse in the matte finish, Pretiosa is available in Almond, Beige, Charcoal, Grey and Off White in 12″ x 24″ format.
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Granada Tile
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Guatemala, as with Nicaragua, has a robust tradition of cement tile installations. In older parts of its cities and towns, surfaces are covered with stunning cement tile designs ranging from the subtle to the extravagant. A while back, we shared some discoveries Granada Tile ‘s Melanie and Marcos found on a trip to the country, and today, because there’s an embarrassment of riches, as far as Guatemalan tile designs go, we thought we’d share a few more.
Ciao Tile
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Stone. So beautiful, yet so many choose not to use it in certain applications (typically. exterior or wet), due to their fear of maintenance issues. Well, fear no more! Introducing our new product line of Dry Treat sealers. Stain Proof by Dry Treat is an impregnating, invisible sealer that protects natural stone, pavers, concrete, brick and grout from damage caused by water, salts and oil-based stains.
The Tile Shop
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Tile Shop: Design by Kirsty. Design Tips, Inspiration, and Tile Shop updates. Search This Blog. Loading. Monday, December 9, 2013. HGTV Dream Home 2014. Have you seen the new HGTV Dream Home for 2014? Its located near Lake Tahoe- what a superb place to live! The style is TRANSITIONAL- a reflection of the most popular design style today.
Mosaicos
DECEMBER 8, 2013
'Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos. about tiles - mainly about patterned floor tiles made either of cement or clay. Pages. Home. About. Sunday, December 8, 2013. Floors ,floors… (part I). A while ago I was invited to see a very special floor in Sevilla. If you think (like I did): what can be so different, I think I have seen all sorts of tiles and patterns - YOU ARE WRONG!
Granada Tile
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'In Family Circle’s January 2014 DesignFile column, David Stark gives a shout-out to Granada Tile’s Vegas cement tile design. In Family Circle’s January 2014 DesignFile column, David Stark gives a shout-out to Granada Tile’s Vegas cement tile design. Over the last year, Granada Tile has been on quite a magazine hot streak. Editors, not to mention designers and architects, love our concrete tile designs and what they bring to all sorts of projects—from bathroom tile instal
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KB Culture
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'skip to main | skip to sidebar. 11 December 2013. Smooth Move. Not quite a lever nor a knob, the handle of the Synergy faucet is nonetheless eminently graspable. A substantial pebble-like form made of pure white Corian, it fits the palm rather sensuously. I like the melding of organic shape with synthetic material—its very contemporary. fir-italia.it.
home iq
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'Milo Manara is a well-known Italian comic book artist who is known for his, er, erotic and adult themes.
Edgewater Studio
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'‘Tis the season for bright lights, glittery ornaments and other holiday razzle-dazzle. We are producing an Art Deco-inspired tile for a design firm in Calgary that will be sure to bring glitz and glamour for years to come. They have chosen our three-coloured “Plume” Art Glass Mosaic to be made from our Black, Ivory.
Making Tile Modern
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'Modwalls’ Brio glass mosaic tile shower in Cornflower blue with Newport accent. #glasstile #mosaictile #bathroomtile #pooltile #tile #glassmosaictile.
KB Culture
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'skip to main | skip to sidebar. 10 December 2013. Hamba Kakuhle, Tata. Sentenced to life in prison, Nelson Mandela arrived at Robben Island, seven miles off the coast of Cape Town, in 1964. Eighteen years later, Prisoner 46664 was moved to a series of mainland jails; Mandiba was freed in 1990. Today, Robben Island is a World Heritage Site, and former political prisoners lead tours of the facility.
Kate-Lo Tile & Stone
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'Don’t forget, Kate-Lo is collecting donations for Toys for Tots and Wags to Wishes , benefitting Animal Ark Shelter in Hastings, MN through December 16th! Please bring your donations to any one of our Twin Cities locations. Happy Holidays! Share it now!
Edgewater Studio
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'We announced our Ready-to-Ship Collection – 5 designs, each with its own colour/mix - and have been getting a great response that has been keeping us really busy (thanks!). Within weeks of our announcement, we’ve received requests to expand the mix, offering designs in some of the other Ready-to-Ship colours. And since we are small and nimble… its done!
CTDA's Tiledealer Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'National Applied Construction (NAC) Products, Inc., the company that introduced the industry to ECB® and crack isolation membrane technology, has successfully passed the test for surface burning characteristics of its crack isolation and sound abatement membrane system. NGC Testing Services was contracted by NAC to perform ASTM E84-13a, the standard test method for surface burning characteristics of building materials.
KB Culture
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'skip to main | skip to sidebar. 09 December 2013. Icy Beauty. Theres a white/grey glaze over the landscape this morning, as the first appreciable snowfall blew in overnight. Its much the same palette as in this serene space, which Id have to put on my [nonexistent] Top-Ten Kitchens list. Even though the room is quite large, I detect a sense of intimacy at the island; a maximum of three people could pull up a chair there. josephdirand.com.
Life of an Architect
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Career / Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong Bob Borson — December 12, 2013 — 38 Comments Architecture is not a trade, it’s a craft … and it normally takes years of practice before you start to routinely exist in the delicate balance between programming requirements and artistic expression.
The Perfect Bath
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'In his new book, AERO Beginning to Now , Thomas O’Brien featured two baths that have captured not only his brand of “warm modernism” but my sensibility as well. Today’s post is about a mammoth bath in a grand Beaux Arts building in New York infused with American, Radio-City like glamour. (The other was the well-documented 1999 Kips Bay Showhouse).
The Ace of Space
DECEMBER 13, 2013
'I wandered around the neighborhood yesterday minus the dog and my pint size Southern diva, who has decided that the cold is not for her (much to my “Northern Girl” chagrin). I tried to capture the essence of my neighborhood, but with frequent stops to chat with neighbors, and forgetting to take the lens cap […].
home iq
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Along with George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames, Jens Risom and Hans Wegner, Isamu Noguchi is one of the great designers of mid-century modern furniture.
Life of an Architect
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #011 [partner and associate having just gone through a redlined set of drawings] “All right, let’s not have anything stupid on purpose.” “Most of these were on accident.” heard around the architectural studio #011 Posted by Bob Borson onDecember 10, 2013 In Heard around the architectural studio
KB Culture
DECEMBER 13, 2013
'''Tis the season for parties. Certainly the Wonderbar was the hit of many [?] an office holiday wing-ding back in 1952. Sheathed in fashionable Bakelite, with legs and casters optional, the portable fridge was designed by Donald Dailey. While small-scale refrigerators are commonplace today, I imagine that this essentially electrified cooler was the appliance equivalent of the newest X-Box.
The Ace of Space
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'We I finally got our Christmas decorations up. You can’t really go wrong with putting up tinsel and holly. In fact, I have a theory the more you layer the better it looks, and that rule applies to just about everything. We don’t go fussy on the decorations, I put up my collections of Santa’s […]. Design DIY Easy Updates for the Home Holiday Decor Inspiration " Artwork-Vicki Bolick Exterior Decor-Holiday Holiday Decorating theaceofspaceblog.
home iq
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'Originally posted on designy things : When the folks at Monbento asked me to pick one of the colors to test out their new bento box design, I selected the purple one.
Margaret Almon Mosaics
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'When the Sunset Crowns Mt. Fuji in my Fascinating Dream: a quilt by Mihoko Tanaka. Photo by Wayne Stratz.
KB Culture
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'The Unico tub/spray-shower has been on my radar for some time. Most interesting is how the conversion between those two functions is achieved. Panels covering the body jets are removed from the wall and placed across the top of the tub, creating a ''floor'' that''s perfectly positioned for the spa experience. rexadesign.it.
Life of an Architect
DECEMBER 8, 2013
'about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Architects / Architects and the AIA Architects and the AIA Bob Borson — December 9, 2013 — 36 Comments If you receive any sort of professional correspondence from me, you will see three letters after my name … Robert Borson, AIA The acronym “AIA” stands for the American Institute of Architects , a professional organization for architects that offers education, government
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