Stone & Tile: Architecture Design & Trends

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A luxury office space in Beverly Hills, CA, was recently completed with an integration of materials, including natural stone and porcelain tile. The design was the vision of Christopher Grubb of Beverly Hills-based Arch-Interiors Design Group.

When you sit down to talk with Anna Popov you cannot help but smile. Her bubbly personality is infectious.

Trends in Decorative Tile with Feras Irikat.

Mari Anne Randall and Anthony Santos discuss the latest trends they are observing in commercial tile designs.

With an increasing number of tile installations coexisting with other surface coverings, the need arises for appropriate transitions within and around the tiled surface. Profile pieces provide aesthetically pleasing transitions between a wide array of surface coverings.

Engineer Steve Webb and stonemason Pierre Bidaud began a partnership in 2009 to radically rethink the possibilities of stone in contemporary construction.  They discussed their evolving research and showed examples of their work.

Three-dimensional, pyramid-shaped mother-of-pearl white tiles with a glossy finish from Italian tile manufacturer Ceramica Senio were chosen to clad the interior atrium of the Claridge's Hotel in London, England.

Coldspring quarried and fabricated 9,000 square feet of granite to create outside terraces of corporate towers in Dallas, TX.  
 

Local California artist Kristina Young visualized the story of Chrysler through a 100-foot-long, 10-foot-high custom-made mosaic mural on the car manufacturer’s dealership in Napa Valley, CA.

Options for textures and surface finishes of tile are abundant, offering endless inspiration for new designs.