Category: External Tiling

Architecture, External Tiling, Ventilated Façades

Centura Configuration

A dramatic façade encases the new Centura HQ in Quebec.  White, polished, large format Florim Oversize Magnum (1,200 by 2,400mm) create the look with a unique customised pentagon shape.  These slabs are versatile and lightweight and come with a thickness of just 6mm, as well as sizes raging from 800 by 800mm to 1,600 by 3,200mm. Continue reading Centura Configuration

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Architecture, Architecture & Interiors, Design, External Tiling, Façades, Floor Tiles, Geometric tiles, Italian tiles, Porcelain Tiles, Stone-effect Tiles, Tile Contracting, Tiled Interiors, Ventilated Façades

Doha Diapason

The Mondrian Doha sets a new standard in terms of technology, comfort, luxury, and imagination. It is a project produced by a partnership between East and West, in a new scenario for life and entertainment that is halfway between two hemispheres and ​is not set in a particular geographic location but creates and occupies spaces that did not exist before, such as Qatar’s artificial islands. Continue reading Doha Diapason

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Collaboration with Alejandro Zaera in Aiuchi, Japan
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Toni Cumella: Ceramic Visionary

Toni Cumella’s ceramic expertise has been utilised by architects such as Enric Miralles, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, and Jean Nouvel. These collaborations have made Ceramica Cumella’s material a key component of Barcelona’s stunning built environment. Continue reading Toni Cumella: Ceramic Visionary

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3D tiles, Artisanal Tiles, Brazil, Colour Trends, External Tiling, Façades, Geometric tiles, Interior Design Trends, New Tile Designs, Production Technology, Terracotta, Wall Tiles

Terracotta Tesselations

Nina Martinelli used and abused the plasticity of ceramics to create Giotto, a design inspired by the work of the Italian painter and architect Giotto di Bondoni. He was a pioneer of perspective, who adopted the visual language of sculptors. Continue reading Terracotta Tesselations

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Smot by Dado
Colour Trends, Coverings, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, External Tiling, Floor Tiles, Italian tiles, Marketing, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Stone-effect Tiles, Tile Technology, tile trend, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles

Italian Instincts

Tile Addict’s ongoing preview of Ceramics of Italy at Coverings selects some stunning Italian products – all recently launched – that will be lighting up the aisles at Coverings in Atlanta. Continue reading Italian Instincts

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Shou Sugi Ban by Castelatto
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Charred Concrete Classic

Castelatto’s new Shou Sugi Ban range is one of most impressive new designs Tile Addict has seen in years.  This concrete tile, 200 by 1,000 by 20mm, absolutely captures the texture, tone and variety of the real thing.  It is, quite simply, stunning. Continue reading Charred Concrete Classic

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Perforated Perfection

Manufatti is an iconic Brazilian company that offers a wide and differentiated portfolio of cogobos and other ceramic pieces: all hand-made, piece by piece. These awesome products are available in various colours; with glazed, frosted, gloss, metallic and bespoke finish options. Continue reading Perforated Perfection

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Sculptural Sophistication

Castelatto consistently offers a range of versatile solutions for all spaces and styles. Acutely always aware of current design trends, its products deliver a unique look and allow dramatic interpretation of spaces. Continue reading Sculptural Sophistication

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Cevisama, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, External Tiling, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Retail Interiors, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wood-effect Tiles

Working with Wood-effects

On STN Ceramica’s stand at Cevisama you would have found wood-effect tiles in rude health. More than 10 ranges were featured on the main displays: Woodland, Springwood, Rainwood, Barnwood, Yukon, Foret, Lake, Mount, Asbury and Valley: and that is but a fraction of the timber-look tile in STN’s 2018 catalogue. Continue reading Working with Wood-effects

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Tech Rail Aspen Teak by Natucer
3D tiles, Artisanal Tiles, Cevisama, Colour Trends, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, External Tiling, Floor Tiles, Geometric tiles, Glazed Tiles, Hand-made Tiles, Hexagonal Tiles, Moulded Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Terracotta, tile trend, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Extruding Excellence

Natucer’s extruded porcelain products have an on-trend hand-crafted look. The subtle variation in size and surface texture is a desirable characteristic and adds to the appeal of the company’s tiles. At Cevisama, Natucer explored geometry through different formats, combining irregular with traditional forms; adding value while delivering new decorative options. Continue reading Extruding Excellence

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Cerchio by Tonalite
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Tipping Tonalite

In Tonalite’s Cerchio system, circular tiles are combined with a highly engineered self-supporting galvanised steel sub-structure. It can be used to create innovative architectural forms with strong formal coherence and 3D forms. Continue reading Tipping Tonalite

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Weathered Wistfulness

A departure from the soft, romantic effects of the other trends, weathered is a style with staying power. From stones with scratch marks and colored rustic planks to rusted tin tiles and oxidized metals, these tiles mirror an ongoing fascination with unfinished spaces, worn surfaces and vintage effects. Continue reading Weathered Wistfulness

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Tile Fire's mural adorns the new Lidl supermarket in Halstead, Essex
Artisanal Tiles, External Tiling, Hand-made Tiles, Murals, Production Technology, Public Art, Street Art, United Kingdom, Wall Tiles

Lidl Lights Up Tile Fire

The Lidl supermarket chain has commissioned Liverpool’s Tile Fire to manufacture and install two bespoke tile murals depicting the towns history at their new store in Halstead, Essex. The murals were produced from photographs dating back to the early 1900s; one depicting the town centre and the other Halstead’s former train station. Continue reading Lidl Lights Up Tile Fire

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The Oyster: Salerno's scupltural ferry terminal designed by Zaha Hadid
Architecture, External Tiling, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Tile Technology

Zaha Hadid’s Organic Oyster

Standing near the quay dedicated to Manfred, Salerno’s new, highly sculptural concrete, glass and tiled terminal building was conceived by Zaha Hadid, as “an oyster with a hard outer shell containing soft, fluid elements, with a ‘tempered’ roof to shield it from the harsh Mediterranean sun.” Continue reading Zaha Hadid’s Organic Oyster

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Casa Andamio by Bosch Capdeferro Arquitectos
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Sustainable Surface Solutions

Ceramic tile is, without a shadow of a doubt, essential to sustainable architecture and construction, not just because it is a natural material but also because of the range of construction systems in which it can be used. Continue reading Sustainable Surface Solutions

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February Fashion Feature

For more than ten years Surface Design Show has been the place where industry people immerse themselves in the latest materials for the built environment, gain new insights and network with like-minded designers and suppliers. From 6th to 8th February 2018, the show will return to London’s Business Design Centre, presenting the newest and best surfaces that the design industry has to offer. Continue reading February Fashion Feature

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