Floornature

About Us

Floornature.com is the portal for information, documentation and reflection on the rapid changes on the international architectural scene. Set up in 2001 by Romano Minozzi, Founder of the Iris Ceramica Group,
Floornature.com provides information on the culture of design, supported by the experience and technical and productive know-how of a cartel of 9 makers of surfaces for architecture.

• About Us

Architects

Exclusive interviews and presentation of projects by great masters of contemporary architecture. Every month a world-renowned architect talks about his or her work, projects and personal point of view on the contemporary architecture scene. A critical in-depth feature plus a complete biography of the architect interviewed, allowing Floornature and its readers to participate in the history of architecture in real time.

• Architects
  • Interviews
  • Biography

Technologies

All the technical aspects of porcelain tiles in an in-depth look at the material covering everything from ventilated façades to raised floors, from water jet cutting to aesthetic variations on surface textures. Design solutions and culture for an aesthetic of contemporary architecture, creating innovative new moods incorporating noble, economical, ecological use of ceramic surfaces. Ventilated facades, raised floors: different technical solutions for your designs. A course of study focusing on the specific theme of the economic and ecological benefits of using ventilated facades or raised floors and the multitude of possibilities for their application and decoration with ceramic tiles, from water jet cutting to use of porcelain stoneware in wellness centres and outdoor floors.

• Technologies
  • Focus on
  • Raised floors
  • Ventilated Façades
  • Mood

News

A feature focusing on everything that is going on in the world of architecture every day, to keep architects, critics and students up to date on the design of new buildings, renovation projects, urban planning, studies, exhibitions, competitions and design. A datebook updated in real time so our readers won’t miss anything that’s happening in contemporary architecture.

• News
  • Design
  • Overview
  • Interior
  • Architecture

Itineraries

Discover contemporary architecture in the world’s most fascinating places and cities. Itineraries created so you can see and experience architecture for yourself, from grand construction projects to little meeting-places focusing on design. Itineraries revealing the treasures of architecture with a focus on culture and leisure. Floornature is your travelling companion, helping you discover the beauty of architecture for yourself.

• Itineraries
  • Paper dreams: architecture and design bookshops in Italy
  • Architect Renzo Piano: projects in Europe
  • Green New York
  • Matera: rediscovering the ancient rock dwellings of the “Sassi”.
  • The Lido in Venice, with the Architecture Biennale and the Film Festival
  • Design in Naples: from tin to coffee
  • A new generation design hotel.
  • Fashion and Design: the new Milanese lifestyle
  • Mumbai  Sari and Design
  • Parma, Italy
  • Tel Aviv
    
  • Alto Adige
  • Stockholm
  • Salento, Puglia
  • The Montreal Archipelago
  • Paris
  • Tyrol, Ötztal Alps
  • Shanghai
  • Dubai architectural itinerary

Projects

All the technical aspects of porcelain tiles in an in-depth look at the material covering everything from ventilated façades to raised floors, from water jet cutting to aesthetic variations on surface textures. Design solutions and culture for an aesthetic of contemporary architecture, creating innovative new moods incorporating noble, economical, ecological use of ceramic surfaces. Ventilated facades, raised floors: different technical solutions for your designs. A course of study focusing on the specific theme of the economic and ecological benefits of using ventilated facades or raised floors and the multitude of possibilities for their application and decoration with ceramic tiles, from water jet cutting to use of porcelain stoneware in wellness centres and outdoor floors.

• Projects
  • free time
  • Ventilated Facades
  • buildings and public places
  • housing
  • interior design
  • commerce
  • Infrastructure
  • Raised floors
  • learning

Product Finder

Product Finder is a search tool to help you find the best flooring and finishing materials for your projects. Marble, granite, stone tiles in technical ceramic and porcelain floor tiles are the perfect materials for indoor and outdoor flooring and coverings as well as wall tiles and ventilated façades.

Floornature offers the biggest database of these materials on the web: you'll be sure to find the right solution for your project !

• Product Finder
  choose intended use
  • indoor floors
  • outdoor floors
  • wall coverings
  • outdoor cladding
  • raised floor
  • ventilated walls
  choose colour
  • white
  • yellow
  • red
  • orange
  • gold
  • beige
  • pink
  • violet
  • silver/platinum
  • blue
  • brown
  • light blue
  • bronze
  • metal
  • grey
  • black
  • green
  choose finish
  • Slate
  • Stone-look
  • Concrete
  • Bright
  • Wood-look
  • Textile
  • Metal
  • Lappato
  • Shiny
  • Matt
  • Active

FN.tv

A container for video interviews, itineraries in architectural projects or cities, presentation of projects and studies in an open, critical, up-to-date archive. Films that keep up with the times, focusing entirely on architectural culture, to see and hear. A video library of design, only a click away, ready to keep you informed about new architectural experiences and allow you to see world-renowned architects and hear what they have to say.

• FN.tv
  • Architects
  • Livegreen
  • Materials
  • Architectures
  • Last Videos

Contacts

• General enquiries and suggestions: Request general information on content and let us know what you think of Floornature: all suggestions and points of view are welcome, as they can help us improve the portal and offer you a better service. Write to us

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