BUFFALO, N.Y. — Architects have turned to terra cotta for millennia. The clay-based ceramic is durable, lasting hundreds of years; it breathes, providing a natural system to transfer heat and water; ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am currently designing a project for which we are planning to use a terra cotta rain screen cladding system. It is a system that is durable that can be energy-efficient and quite attractive. For me ...

Do you have terra-cotta pots in your garden that you’re ready to recycle for good use? Here are five ideas to turn those boring pots into a unique and fun garden style. Do you have terra-cotta pots in ...

If you bill it, they will come. Eventually. It’s been more than a year since the announcement that China’s famous Terra Cotta Warriors would be coming to the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana ...

Read Part 1 of this story. Tuesday’s look at terra-cotta ornament dealt with natural, brick colored terra-cotta. That’s what most of us think of when we hear the term. But in addition to that more ...