Stone & Tile: Architecture Design & Trends

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Designed by architect Beverley David Thorne in 1963, it was an experimental project to build a steel-framed house on a steeply sloping site and to demonstrate how to construct it without tearing up the natural terrain in the way usually required by conventional building.

Located in Pasadena, CA, a college for a co-anchor of Los Angeles’s news station, gets an update to her cottage using Shibui tiles from Lunada Bay Tile.

Since the last updates to the locker rooms were 15 years ago, the team decided it was time for an upgrade that matched their reputation as a breeding ground for many of the sport’s top athletes.

Situated in the heart of Little Havana, TD Bank has a prominent location in the well-known district for Cuban exiles in Southern Florida. To blend in with the look of the community, an outdoor bank patio was recently constructed in 2017 that included one of the most interesting and colorful on-ground mosaic murals.

Anjie Cho talked with Contemporary Stone & Tile Design to discuss her use of stone and tile in her designs and the trends she is seeing in the industry.

Rough-textured matte porcelain is a great surface for high-traffic environments. It offers excellent non-slip properties and it’s very durable. But when it comes to cleaning, the high/low surfaces can test even the most thorough cleaning program.

Fila has completed a project, with Stone & Ceramic, Ltd. at The Royal Star & Garter building on Richmond Hill — a suburb of London, England.

A new two-story residence was recently built in Hinsdale, IL, which was designed to highlight unique natural stone elements in nearly every room.

Patients visiting the office of renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Randal Haworth MD in Beverly Hills, CA, will observe firsthand the doctor’s flare for design.