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Architectural terracotta

Index Architectural terracotta

Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the exterior or interior of a building. [1]

26 relations: Bhitargaon, Brandenburg, Burmantofts Pottery, Burnham and Root, Extrusion, Fambrini & Daniels, Gibbs and Canning Limited, Gladding, McBean, Glazed architectural terra-cotta, Henry Hobson Richardson, Hypocaust, John Marriott Blashfield, Kiln, Louis Sullivan, Luca della Robbia, Mahbubnagar district, Mallorca, McKim, Mead & White, Mortar (masonry), Natural History Museum, London, Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Spall, Terracotta, Victoria and Albert Museum, Victorian architecture.

Bhitargaon

Bhitargaon is a town in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India, known for its ancient Hindu temple, the largest Indian brick temple to survive from the time of the Gupta Empire.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg (Brannenborg, Lower Sorbian: Bramborska, Braniborsko) is one of the sixteen federated states of Germany.

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Burmantofts Pottery

Burmantofts Pottery was the common trading name of a manufacturer of ceramic pipes and construction materials, named after the Burmantofts district of Leeds, England.

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Burnham and Root

Burnham and Root was one of Chicago's most famous architectural companies of the nineteenth century.

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Extrusion

Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile.

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Fambrini & Daniels

Fambrini and Daniels were artificial stone and terracotta manufacturers in Canwick Road, Lincoln, England.

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Gibbs and Canning Limited

Gibbs and Canning Limited was an English manufacturer of terracotta and, in particular, architectural terracotta, located in Glascote, Tamworth, and founded in 1847.

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Gladding, McBean

Gladding, McBean is a ceramics company located in Lincoln, California.

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Glazed architectural terra-cotta

Glazed architectural terra-cotta is a ceramic masonry building material used as a decorative skin.

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Henry Hobson Richardson

Henry Hobson Richardson (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was a prominent American architect who designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Hartford, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and other cities.

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Hypocaust

A hypocaust (Latin hypocaustum) is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air passes.

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John Marriott Blashfield

John Marriott Blashfield (1811–1882) was a property developer and mosaic floor and ornamental terracotta manufacturer.

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Kiln

A kiln (or, originally pronounced "kill", with the "n" silent) is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes.

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Louis Sullivan

Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism".

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Luca della Robbia

Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482) was an Italian sculptor from Florence.

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Mahbubnagar district

Mahabubnagar district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana.

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Mallorca

Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.

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McKim, Mead & White

McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm that thrived at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Mortar (masonry)

Mortar is a workable paste used to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units together, fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, and sometimes add decorative colors or patterns in masonry walls.

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Natural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.

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Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company

Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, was a late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century brickworks, known for the manufacture of many prominent and unique architectural terracotta elements.

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Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Spall

Spall is flakes of a material that are broken off a larger solid body and can be produced by a variety of mechanisms, including as a result of projectile impact, corrosion, weathering, cavitation, or excessive rolling pressure (as in a ball bearing).

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Terracotta

Terracotta, terra cotta or terra-cotta (Italian: "baked earth", from the Latin terra cocta), a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_terracotta

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