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Avente Tile Talk: Mosaic Floors of Fishborne Roman Palace

Tile Talk

Mosaic Floors of Fishborne Roman Palace. Perhaps the most enduring feature of Roman villas is the mosaic tile work. There are many fine examples to be found throughout Europe. The earliest Fishborne mosaics reflect the esthetic of the time and are fashioned in geometric patterns of black and white. Lets Talk Tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: Spanish Tile as Building Material, Part 3

Tile Talk

Spanish Tile as Building Material, Part 3. In my last post, Spanish Tile as Building Material, Part 2 , I focused on the fortress city of Teruel (a World Heritage city designated by UNESCO). Trencadís is a type of mosaic created from broken tile shards. Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Cevisama, the Event.

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Avente Tile Talk: Interview with Lilywork Artisan Tile, LLC

Tile Talk

Interview with Lilywork Artisan Tile, LLC. Todays post is the second in our Tile Artisans Interview Series. It’s a joy to share their love of tile. I met Esther of Lilywork Tile about eight years ago at Coverings, an annual tile and stone trade show. Bosphorous/Rosette Focal by Lilywork Artisan Tile, LLC.

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

Architectural Ceramics

Instead of flowers, let’s talk showers and shower tile. With tools for homeowners, architects, contractors and distributors (that’s us) alike, Laticrete is a great resource for tile installation products and learning. This style is newer and more common in Europe than in the U.S. Made in the U.S.A. Schluter Systems.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Cotto d'Este rethinks what tile can do

Kitchen and Residential Design

Cotto dEste rethinks what tile can do. My travels to Europe in the last year have shown me that there are a lot of ways the US can improve on our business as usual. The rage these days in Europe in architecture is to install ventilated facades. Avente Tile Talk. Mosaic Art NOW. Tile Style. 19 December 2011.

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Architects and designers, wanna.

Kitchen and Residential Design

Tile of Spain is running a contest theyre calling Passport to Creativity. Four credentialed designers and or architects will be selected to accompany the Tile of Spain team from the US and Spain as well as six journalists on a week-long immersion in all things Spain. I was in Europe not too long a go and the Architecture is amazing.

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10 Hot Summer Destinations & Tile Inspirations

Architectural Ceramics

Come globe trotting with us to beautiful vacation spots, home and abroad, that offer endless design and tile inspiration. The dimensional ceramic tile is available in two main shapes, Elle and Tear. In Lisbon, the buildings and streets are covered in tile, image via Find Us Lost. The European Traveler. Barcelona, Spain.

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