Article: Terra Cotta Gets New Life

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 ...

Article: Tickets Now on Sale for 'Terra Cotta Warriors: ...
Business Wire;  May 12, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... are available beginning today for "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First ... exhibition featuring the largest number of terra cotta figures ever to travel to the United ... tour. The exhibition includes 15 terra cotta figures from the tomb of China's First ...