The expert masons who produce India’s colorful Athangudi tiles—known worldwide for their sturdiness and shine—carefully guard the secrets of their craft. The sustainably sourced materials required to ...

Following is a transcript of the video. These cement tiles are handmade at one of the few workshops left in Egypt. The craft has been around since the 1800s, when cement became a cheap and efficient ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Cement-tile artisans use colorful pigments to form hundreds of designs. The tiles have been popular for nearly 200 years as a beautiful and affordable building material ...

As you travel around Britain, the distinctive characteristics of villages and towns change markedly as architectural styles vary from region to region. This is partially down to local preferences and ...

From retro glass mosaics to handmade terracotta, these vintage tile brands offer the most popular styles sure to make a ...

BioBased tiles are a new sustainable building material being used to create sustainable facades for buildings. They replace traditional building materials and lower carbon emissions. As the result of ...

Biomason cofounder and CEO Ginger Krieg Dosier wants to dramatically reduce the carbon emissions from cement with help from biology. Ginger Krieg Dosier, cofounder and CEO of Biomason, has big plans ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — First, the sunny yellow Moroccan tiles with white stars and a matte finish on the backsplash of Judy Joss’ kitchen in the West Plaza caught my eye. Then, while sipping coffee a week ...

For more than a century, street corners in the older sections of the Crescent City have been marked with names made from embedded alphabet tiles. The Wordle of street names lends a certain genteel, ...