Porcelain tile inside and out at Villa Cannes

Phira, a French design firm run by the architect Philippe Bonino, recently designed a single-family villa with an emphatically contemporary feel in Cannes, on the Côte d’Azur, next to a protected natural area with magnificent sea-views.

A bathing landscape overlooking nature

The new Schwaketenbad in Constance is considered the largest sports and family pool on Lake Constance. The location is steeped in history, as the old Schwaketenbad, built on the same site in the 1980s, fell victim to a major fire in 2015. Behnisch Architekten realised an extensive bathing landscape of 10,000 m² in a large new building with a sculpturally folded roof.

Low energy standard house with RAKO tiles

Life in symbiosis with nature is the promise of a recently built detached house in a small village near Pilsen (Czech Republic). Built on a meadow close to the forest, it captures the special atmosphere and quality of the place, adapting itself in form and material.

RUBI at Cersaie 2023

RUBI will present its new product innovations designed with Cordless Alliance System (CAS) battery technology and its ergonomic trowel in collaboration with Saint-Gobain Weber. The DT-250 MAX electric cutter, the complete range of SLAB products, and diamond blades also bring new features to CERSAIE 2023.

Tile International 2/2023

• SPECIAL CERSAIE 2023
• European construction market forecasts to 2025 (93rd Euroconstruct)
• Brazil looks to the future
• Slowdown for Italian tile industry after record 2022
• 2022 revenues of Italy’s ceramic manufacturers
• Italcer: new investments ahead
• Cerdisa ricchetti group: standing out as a manifesto
... and much more

Design and innovation save San Diego bayfront

The Morton family opened the first Brigantine restaurant on Shelter Island, San Diego, in 1969. Built with a vision that embraced the beach town lifestyle, The Brigantine Restaurants became a local staple for fresh seafood, steaks and chops, friendly and knowledgeable service and warm, inviting facilities.