Building Barometer
Here’s a recent snapshot of propects and sentiments in the UK construction industry compiled by Mel Budd of Leading Edge. Continue reading Building Barometer
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Mohawk Motors
Mohawk Industries has reported a further 2% growth in sales in the first quarter of 2017 to $2.22 billion. Global Ceramic Segment sales also increased approximately 2%, further underscoring its position as the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor in the sector. Continue reading Mohawk Motors
Tile Tourism
Palazzo Morelli offers a catalogue of Italian surfaces; with terracotta sitting alongside marble and other stones, onyx and semi-precious stones, mother-of-pearl and wood. Continue reading Tile Tourism
Going With The Grain
Tablon is the latest addition to Novoceram’s Outdoor Plus collection of 20mm thick porcelain tiles. It is available in two formats and three colour options. Continue reading Going With The Grain
Bravura Barsa
Spanish-inspired tapas restaurant Barsa Taberna in downtown Toronto really captures the energy of the running of the bulls. Continue reading Bravura Barsa
Sandwich Styling
John Tong’s design for Torteria San Cosme, Toronto evokes the vibrant colour, playfulness and authenticity of Mexican street food stands. Continue reading Sandwich Styling
Familial Flourishes
Carefully-controlled modernisation of the production processes, has allowed Giovanni de Maio to expand from an artisanal operation into a craft-based industry. Continue reading Familial Flourishes
Calacatta ConFusion
Renowned Italian chef Italo Bassi has specified Neolith Calacatta Gold for the wall cladding, worktops and flooring of his new ConFusion restaurant in Sardinia. Continue reading Calacatta ConFusion
Cantina Cosentino
Architectural and interior surface specialists, the Cosentino Group, has been selected to provide design solutions for an increasing number of popular London restaurants. Continue reading Cantina Cosentino
Ribbon Development
Gianni Arnaudo’s commission at Fossano is a fitting statement to mark the 50th anniversary of this iconic Italian patisserie company, that started in 1964 as a small confectionery laboratory in Turin. It features porcelain tiles from Casalgrande Padana. Continue reading Ribbon Development
Signature Stones
It is rare that you come across a new range of ceramic tiles so squarely set up for the UK market as CoEm’s Brit Stone. Continue reading Signature Stones
Dualistic Design
At the Bazillion Apartment, Vilinius, Lithuania, YCL Studio drew a clear line between day and night, while simultaneously blurring the conventional division between ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ parts of the dwelling. Continue reading Dualistic Design
The Terminus: Total Tiling
The Porto Pojana project used ceramic tiles as the basic element in an effective yet innovative design. Drawing on the tradition of fishmongers, the revisited modern style plays with the shades of thousands of 3D tiles that cover the walls. Continue reading The Terminus: Total Tiling
Beautifying Brookwood
The American architecture and design studio Tvs-design selected Ceramiche Caesar’s wood-effect Root porcelain stoneware tiles as the ideal indoor floor covering for the refurbishment of the massive Brookwood Village mall in Alabama. Continue reading Beautifying Brookwood
Spicy Setting
El Curry Verde, a Spanish vegetarian and vegan restaurant, recently relocated to larger premises in Puerto Deportivo de Hondarribia. The restaurant, which serves a selection of international dishes, organic wines and draft beers, sought an interior that was both fresh and inviting. The space also had to be practical in order to meet the demands of evening dining and hosting cooking workshops. Hiruki Studio, a Barcelona/Donostia-based firm that … Continue reading Spicy Setting
A Fishy Tale
The Silestone Nebula countertop is scratch, stain and impact resistant, as well as being very hygienic thanks to built in bacteriostatic protection. Continue reading A Fishy Tale
Tiling Voodoo Ray’s
Few restaurant interiors have taken the humble glazed tile to such heights as Voodoo Ray’s: a pizza slice shop and bar in Dalston, East London. Here Gundry & Ducker have created a distinctive and characterful space that references both New York and London. Continue reading Tiling Voodoo Ray’s
Terminus Transformed
What is so clever about this project is that the crucial design element – a small elongated three-dimensional tile with a semi-circular section – is so modest. The Senio tiles are arranged like so many coloured crayons on the walls, to forge an innovative and impressive decorative system. Continue reading Terminus Transformed
Medieval Mastery
Diana Hall has perfected the manufacture of inlaid tiles. Inlaid tiles are similar to encaustic tiles; with slip inlaid into a hand-pressed clay body. Continue reading Medieval Mastery
Colourful Childcare
The design versatility of ceramic tiles has enabled a playful interaction between colour and shape for the new Children’s Innovation Centre in Valencia, Spain, by Foursquare Arquitectos. Continue reading Colourful Childcare