BUFFALO, N.Y. — Architects have turned to terra cotta for millennia. The clay-based ceramic is durable, lasting hundreds of years; it breathes, providing a natural system to transfer heat and water; ...

It’s a material associated with some of the country’s most iconic historic buildings, such as New York’s Flatiron building, Seattle’s Smith Tower skyscraper and Chicago’s famed Rookery Building. But ...

A few years ago local artist and teacher Ben Tyjeski published a comprehensive look at Milwaukee's architectural terra cotta. For his latest monograph, he takes a deeper dive into the beautiful East ...

A notable early 20th century building with whimsical and colorful terra-cotta in Downtown Brooklyn is not long for this world, despite attempts to landmark it, and architect Fogarty Finger has ...

If you walk down a growing number of streets in downtown D.C. around sunset, you might notice a bit of an extra glow. New building projects throughout the DMV share a common feature: texture. In the ...

An exhibition of the famed clay soldiers sculpted more than 2,000 years ago last visited Orange County in 2011.

Beyond recent office space upgrades, Midtown's McGraw-Hill building is considering converting its top floors into rental apartments. Ivor Creative; MdeAS Architects A landmarked blue-green terracotta ...