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Natural and elegant: Porcelaingres’s stone, cement and wood collections for outdoor use

03-08-2021

Natural and elegant: Porcelaingres’s stone, cement and wood collections for outdoor use

Porcelaingres’s products for outdoor use explore various different atmospheres connected with the principal materials used in outdoor settings, such as stone, cement and wood. The vast selection of outdoor surfaces in the catalogue are perfect for projects characterised by a great variety of styles and purposes, ranging from walkways to seating. Resistant, unalterable Porcelaingres high-tech ceramic makes it fun to design your own green spaces, creating new outdoor “rooms” for the home!

Harmony and balance between different materials: Iris Ceramica’s Whole collection

13-07-2021

Harmony and balance between different materials: Iris Ceramica’s Whole collection

Juxtaposing different materials is a key to creating fascinating, personalised spaces in the home. Iris Ceramica’s highly varied, elegant Whole collection makes all this possible with a range of textures including wood, stone, terra cotta and majolica.  Inspired by traditional covering materials, Whole’s warm colour palette brings new appeal to a great variety of spaces, indoors and outdoors, residential and commercial

Granitech ventilated walls: the benefits of thermal equilibrium

06-07-2021

Granitech ventilated walls: the benefits of thermal equilibrium

Granitech ventilated walls, in combination with the Iris Ceramica Group’s porcelain cladding, offer the ideal solution for enhancing and improving the performance of buildings’ outer walls, solving many of the problems that can arise with traditional masonry. Granitech ventilated walls offer built-in thermal insulation, wrapping around the building and protecting it against atmospheric agents and heat dispersion or accumulation, deadening noise from outside and protecting walls against condensation and mould with an air gap and insulation. The resulting improvement in the building’s appearance and energy performance not only adds to living comfort but saves money and extends the building’s lifespan

Elegant yet functional kitchens: SapienStone countertops in shades of grey

15-06-2021

Elegant yet functional kitchens: SapienStone countertops in shades of grey

Grey offers a wide range of possibilities in many rooms, especially in the kitchen. SapienStone countertops, inspired by famous marble and neutral stones, add a touch of natural charm to kitchens large and small - what’s more, they are easy to pair with other materials and a cinch to clean. What makes all the difference is the SapienStone material itself: a top-of-the-range high-tech ceramic that stands out thanks to its incredible resistance to scratches, abrasions, and contact with high temperatures, liquids and cleaning agents

FMG high-tech ceramic surfaces for outdoor use: benefits and beauty, for public and private spaces

25-05-2021

FMG high-tech ceramic surfaces for outdoor use: benefits and beauty, for public and private spaces

Increasingly refined design proposals for outdoor living are going through a time of flourishing growth and creativity. High-tech ceramic surfaces are perfect for the care and decoration of outdoor spaces, providing a guarantee of resistance, safety, inalterability and easy cleaning and maintenance. FMG’s Twenty collection, in neutral colours that are easy to mix and match, responds to the demands of outdoor living with a variety of laying solutions, from dry laying over grass, gravel or sand to gluing onto a concrete screed or raised floor installation

atelier-r restores a castle in the Czech Republic

24-05-2021

atelier-r restores a castle in the Czech Republic

Helfštýn castle is the Czech Republic’s second-largest castle, after the one in Prague. Located in the region of Olomouc, it was subjected to a major restoration by Czech architectural practice atelier-r.

Coffee and local history: Arquetipo’s Casa Zaragoza

20-05-2021

Coffee and local history: Arquetipo’s Casa Zaragoza

Arquetipo Arquitectura Práctica built Casa Zaragoza, a café in the heart of the city of Veracruz, in the Mexican state of the same name: a convivial place where history meets the contemporary world, in a welcoming atmosphere where the architects expertly use traditional materials to create a spatial narration with a contemporary appeal.

Marina Vella’s Casa Traversa: an extension of the landscape

10-05-2021

Marina Vella’s Casa Traversa: an extension of the landscape

Peruvian architect Marina Vella has built a house in San Luis Potosi, Mexico that is inspired by intense dialogue with the landscape and appears to be a natural extension of it. The construction in contemporary style uses local vernacular building techniques and materials appropriate for the climate.

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