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; ...

Terracotta’s traditional place in the urban landscape—adorning classic, turn-of-the-20th-century towers—gives it a sense of history, of being handcrafted, and of heft. But today’s use of architectural ...

At the main entrance, the eastern facade of twisting terra-cotta panels nods to Arizona’s vernacular red brick and traditional Southwestern building materials such as adobe. It begins at the second ...

It’s a material associated with some of the country’s most iconic historic buildings, such as New York’s Flatiron building, Seattle’s Smith Tower skyscraper and Chicago’s famed Rookery Building. But ...

Charlotte of the Upper West Side pushes the boundaries of environmental performance in New York City. One of a limited number of ground-up construction projects approved in the Upper West Side Central ...

PEORIA – Peoria's second-tallest building is, for the moment, not quite as tall. Workers doing extensive repairs to the terra cotta façade of the building have removed many pieces, including elaborate ...

American studios SOM and Gensler have completed a headquarters for media company Disney in New York City that references the local architecture but uses stand-out terracotta cladding. Officially named ...