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.
Located in the stately brick-and-terracotta building at 724 S. Polk St., the Courtyard Marriott Amarillo Downtown wasn’t always an upscale hotel. The hotel and its signage are relatively new parts of ...
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 ...