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Terrazzo’s Sustainable Design Strategy: Integrating Tradition, Reuse, and Innovation

ArchDaily

The modern form, as we know it today, emerged in 15th-century Venice , Italy, when Venetian mosaic workers, seeking to make use of marble scraps, began incorporating these irregular fragments into mortar to create durable and visually appealing surfaces for terraces around their homes.

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LACMA to peview new public spaces beginning this June

Archinect

acre total mosaic of public spaces in the redevelopment plan and precedes the installation of artworks from the permanent collection in the Peter Zumthor -designed new galleries. The LA Times said in its preview that the installation "acts as the ground below the building and suggests various routes around the campus."

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New public art commissions for NYC's soon-to-open Grand Central Madison expansion include mosaics by Yayoi Kusama and Kiki Smith

Archinect

The terminal will also be an underground gallery of sorts, featuring enormous mosaics by two female artists with strong New York City connections, M.T.A. Both will be tasked with creating floor-to-ceiling mosaics covering 2,400 square feet total, according to the New York Times. These 2,400 sq.

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Refined Geometry, Organic Texture: Timeless Spaces with Elongated Tiles

ArchDaily

In what is now Italy, tile use and production proliferated in the Roman era – not least in the form of intricate, technicolor mosaics – and the styles embraced in antiquity were an early precedent for those used today.

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Creating Arcadia with TREND’s nature-inspired mosaics

Hotel Designs

Imagine stepping into a space where shimmering mosaics evoke the serenity of natural landscapes. TREND Groups collection of artistic glass mosaics captures natures essence , turning walls, floors, and feature spaces into immersive, breathtaking environments that invite wonder and relaxation.

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monobloc chair but make it disco-ready and sparkly as HFA-studio adds mosaic mirror tiles

designboom

it took HFA-studio weeks to create their glitter monobloc chair with over a thousand mosaic mirror tiles The post monobloc chair but make it disco-ready and sparkly as HFA-studio adds mosaic mirror tiles appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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mosaic tiles, check patterns, and textured veneers clad YOD group’s bistro in ukraine

designboom

The post mosaic tiles, check patterns, and textured veneers clad YOD group’s bistro in ukraine appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. a rounded bar forms the focal point, above which a vast lamp cap rises, resembling meringue on a cake.