Oakland tile setter Riley Doty remembers his first trip through the San Francisco Marina District in the late '70s. Doty, who had fallen in love with the ceramic medium during his teens in New York ...

The handcrafted clay roof tiles may have been a ubiquitous feature in small towns and villages a few decades ago. Yet, a walk through one of them now will see a near absence of their presence, the ...

In its latest project to creatively repurpose clay roof tiles, Indian architecture firm Manoj Patel Design Studio has upcycled locally produced tiles into a green wall with natural cooling benefits.

A clay tile roof can make your home feel like a Mediterranean getaway, so it's no surprise that many homeowners select this ...

All architecture is grounded in the earth. This pliant, resilient raw material is the origin of extruded ceramic tiles—clay transformed from its natural state into an architectural solution without ...

In the Colonial years, when handmade brick was scarce, the availability of native clay also afforded Valley pioneers to build attractive brick chimneys with courses of brick corbelling. The result: ...

One of the most ubiquitous architectural elements around the world is the clay roof tile. Clay tiles have a history dating back to the Neolithic Age. They were first used as roofing in China and then ...

Recognized by the People's Committee of Cao Bang Province as one of three official traditional craft villages in early 2024, the craft of making yin-yang clay roof tiles continues to provide a vital ...