The second Miami edition of the International Tile & Stone Show, scheduled for March 24 to 26 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, will include a range of exhibitors and seminars
Creative, colorful and eye-catching, mosaic patterns are showing up everywhere - from backsplashes to borders and from showers to swimming pools. Mosaics are intricate designs or patterns made up of small tiles (2 x 2 inches or less) or pieces of material that are thinner than conventional tiles. They are comprised of a variety of materials, including natural stone, which is becoming more and more prevalent in today's designs.
Frisco Square in Frisco, TX, one of the largest mixed-use developments
in the country, features a variety of buildings clad in native limestone
Designed by world-renowned architect David M. Schwarz to be the ultimate pedestrian community, Frisco Square in Frisco, TX, offers approximately 1.9 million square feet of office space, 550,000 square of retail/restaurant space and 1.6 million square feet of residential space, making it one of the largest mixed-use develop-ments in the country. The space also includes sites for a new City Hall, a library, courts, municipal offices, a small museum and a church.
The renovation and restoration of New York's Tweed Courthouse was deemed a great success, as the project was honored with a Tucker Award from the Building Stone Institute upon its completion.
Clad in White Danby marble, the Knowlton School of Architecture at the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, OH, provides an example of innovative stonework for its students.
The International Marble & Granite Fair in Vitória, Brazil, has become a major international trade event, where companies from Brazil and around the world display their latest product offerings.
World Wide Stone Corp. is now operating a new state-of-the-art robot tile line for Durango Stoneâ„¢ at its facility in Durango, Mexico, which is expected to triple the company's capacity for tile production.
Already established as a major exporter of Brazilian granite, Thor Granitos continues to add new technology to its operation Based in ItaboraÃ, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil, Thor Granitos has been in business for 25 years and has grown from a domestic supplier to a major exporter with markets around the world - including the U.S. marketplace. Over the past few years, the company has continually invested in new technology, including Italian equipment for both slab and tile production.
In updating the design of the John M. Olin Library on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, MO, the design team reworked the existing Missouri Red granite facade to allow more light into the building.
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