STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, formed in 1897, Tottenville was its hub. The company manufactured terra cotta decorations for skyscrapers such as Manhattans Woolworth ...

Read Part 2 of this story. My first post for Walkabout with Montrose, (anniversary coming up in March!) was a piece on terra-cotta and carved stone trim. Since that time, my camera and I have been ...

Terra-cotta was a popular exterior cladding material in the United States between 1880 and 1930. Terra-cotta clay was formed in plaster molds at 10 percent to 12 percent larger than the required ...

Nourry worked with local craftsmen in China to make each female terra-cotta statue unique When Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, anticipated his death more than 2,000 years ago, he ...

Malaysia's Drtan Lm Architect was recently commissioned to undertake an extensive renovation of an old dilapidated house. The firm quickly found that the home contained a large number of intact ...

The all-white kitchen had a good run — but homeowners are done with it.

For the third year in a row, manufacturer Boston Valley Terra Cotta (BVTC) and the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning (UB/a+p) in upstate New York hosted the Architectural ...