At the southern edge of Los Angeles County in California is a wealthy city known as La Cañada Flintridge. Before the city’s incorporation in 1976, it consisted of two distinct communities, La Cañada and Flintridge. La Cañada derives from the Spanish word “cañada,” which translates to ravine or canyon, while Flintridge was named after its developer, former U.S. Senator Frank P. Flint.

Set in the Texas hillside on the outskirts of Austin, TX, a newly constructed residence reflects its surrounding habitat with regional limestone featured extensively on the exterior design. And while the native material is also the showcase of several interior applications, the retired homeowners opted to diversify the palette by incorporating additional materials into their living space – making it unique and colorful.

Lunada Bay Tile has launched Origami Field, a collection of glass field tiles that reflects the iconic Japanese art of geometric paper folding. Featuring opalescent coloring and three-dimensional shapes, the distinctive glass tile designs play with light and shadow.

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.

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.

For this issue of Contemporary Stone & Tile Design magazine we show off the different new tiles that are currently on the market. Ranging from glass tile to art deco, here are just some of the tile options out there.