Article: CAST FROM THE PAST OLD IS NEW AGAIN IN TERRA COTTA HILLTOP TUDOR.(Home Front)

Article: TERRA COTTA ALL THE RAGE IN DENVER 1910-1930.(Home ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 13, 2005 ;     546 words ... ... Lehndorff, Rocky Mountain News Terra cotta was popular in Denver ... CAPTION: Extensive terra-cotta work can be seen ... specialized in producing terra-cotta details for homes ... STOELZLE / ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS CAPTION: Grant ...

Article: Terra cotta treasures: Experts consider the lavish ...
Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  January 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Jan. 28--Like frosting on a cake, terra cotta decorates dozens of Buffalo's most ... Centre. It's small wonder Buffalo's terra cotta structures -- designed by some of the ... best buildings and best examples of terra cotta that you would find in any major city ...

Encyclopedia entry: terra-cotta
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...terra-cotta [Ital.,=baked earth], form of ... The Ancient World The prevalence of terra-cotta as a medium of artistic expression ... vases dating probably from 3000 BC Terra-cotta first gained importance as an architectural ...

Article: Terra-cotta ... the great Western paving. (includes ...
Sunset;  May 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... sheet, this array of earth-toned tiles illustrates the variety of terra-cotta and mock terra-cotta flooring choices now available. The informal appearance of terra-cotta's warm natural tones is especially suitable for the West's casual ...

Article: Viva la Terra Cotta.
The New York Observer (New York, NY);  May 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... be vanishing a little too quickly, terra cotta is coming back in new ways, making ... with glass. Midnight-blue glazed terra cotta, all full of inky depth, will surround ... their apartments, cast gunmetal glazed terra cotta is to cover the base, making curves ...

Article: The trouble with terra-cotta
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 18, 1998 ;     700+ words ...There was a time when Chicago made terra-cotta the way San Jose turns out computer ... material between the 1880s and 1930. Those terra-cotta companies are all gone now. Their work ... arise behind the glaze and ornament of terra-cotta. In some spots on the 70-year-old ...

Article: A lost art.(terra cotta skyscraper, Candler ...
Building Design & Construction;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Historic terra-cotta skyscraper yields to precast and ... and cornices, adorned with white terra-cotta tiles. The freestanding tower also ... was one of the last remaining white terra-cotta skyscrapers left in Manhattan. The ...