Tag Cement

20-11-2018
New inspiration for the minimalist style: Ariostea’s CON.CREA. and Blend.HT
Ariostea presented its new collections of cement/resin-effect and stone-effect porcelain at Cersaie 2018. The five conventional sizes of the CON.CREA. collection and the new Blend.HT maxi-slab offer the ideal solution for today’s homes in sophisticated minimalist style, with a high-impact colour palette of deep, natural hues that are perfect for design and have plenty of potential for application in interiors, exteriors and furnishings

30-10-2018
Ground and Downtown: new IRIS collections for contemporary spaces
IRIS Ceramica was inspired by cement to create the Ground and Downtown porcelain tile collections, on view among the latest new design trends at Cersaie 2018. Using the neutrality of the principal building material as their starting point, the Ground and Downtown collections explore all the different hues, details and patterns that can exalt the material and space, making surfaces the key to today’s increasingly exclusive, refined and eclectic spaces

16-10-2018
Magneto: a new classic yet contemporary surface from Fiandre
Today’s surfaces look to the past for inspiration, renewed thanks to the potential of porcelain and all the effects it can create. This is the case of Fiandre’s new Magneto collection, inspired by the rough, lived-in look of cement, ennobled by original metallic and rusty finishes. The design of these surfaces is innovative, surprising and original, both to the sight and to the touch, creating unique new customised spaces

12-10-2018
Steven Holl’s Maggie’s Centre Barts is made of concrete, glass and bamboo
Maggie's Centre has a glass wrapper and a bamboo core, supported by a reinforced concrete frame

01-10-2018
MVRDV The Imprint Paradise City Seoul, South Korea
The Imprint is the heart of a new tourism centre in Seoul, Paradise City. MVRDV’s The Imprint incorporates two buildings, the Wonderbox and the Nightclub, two mysterious structures which appear to have no windows at all but reflect the surrounding buildings on their walls.

25-09-2018
Opening of Dallara Academy, Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia
All-round excellence: the new Dallara Academy building in Varano de' Melegari in Emilia Romagna officially opened to the general public on 21 September.

24-09-2018
BIG Bjarke Ingels Group and the new noma in Copenhagen
The award-winning restaurant noma worked with BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group to create its new home just outside downtown Copenhagen.

18-09-2018
Hardel Le Bihan Social Housing in Paris
A compact building with a dynamic façade created by a dense grid of balconies at different heights: Hardel and Le Bihan designed a social housing complex not far from the Clignancourt university campus at Ilot Croisset in Paris.