Cuban Tile Books, Barcelona Tiles, Encaustic Cement Floor Tiles
Books
This FANTASTIC book is available now:
Barcelona
Tile Designs by Mario Arturo Hernandez Navarro . Portarricense graphic designer, trained in the USA, a researcher of the hydraulic design of pavements.
Both single tiles and whole patterns and borders are shown, and the tiles on the
included CD make it possible to create designs in any shape and size. A great resource for design professionals and
hobbyists, or anyone who just wants to know more.
My copy came today and I cannot put it down. The CD has every tile design from the book in both low and high resolution. It is truly tessellated tile heaven.
And this book is soon to be available--May 2008 ..You can pre-order w/ Amazon
Havana Tile Design and CD for graphic artists and
researchers
The Barcelona Tile book is the best information I have run across yet. The books are mainly graphics of tile designs, but also have info on history, etc... It doesn't have photos of the manufacturing process, but you can see those on all the websites I have linked to.
Cuban Elegance features many rooms with
old world Cuban cement tiles. This lavishly illustrated, absorbing volume offers a view of the island
seldom seen by most visitors. This book presents not the picturesque Cuba of Castro's era with its derelict buildings and peeling paint, but the opulent world of the Spanish Creole aristocracy of the colonial period, which has continued to influence Cuban taste and cultural life on a more modest scale even to this day.
Inside Havana--An elegant hotel now serving as an elementary school...the parlor of a grand mansion transformed into a barbershop...these are
Havana's most intimate spaces. This book has photos taken over four years of access to the private interiors of
Cuba's
capital. Andrew Moore has created an portrait of both its legendary historic architecture and the
city's inner life.
These books have info on Encaustic Cement Tiles also called Cement Tiles, Hydraulic Floor Tile, Encaustic Tiles, Hidraulico, Hydraulic Tiles, Ladrilhos Hidráulicos, Carreaux de Ciments, Spanish Mission Tilee, Redondo Tile, Rajoles Hidràuliques. Baldosas Hidráulicas, Pasta Potosi, Mosaicos Hidralicos ....and Tile Floor tile Layout Programs Online all gathered whilst researching this amazing floorcovering for use in our own construction of a hurricane proof home. Worldwide, the terms that are used to describe this type of concrete tiles vary by region. Terms include: Cement Tiles, Hydraulic Floor Tile, Encaustic Tiles, Hidraulico, Hydraulic Tiles, Ladrilhos Hidráulicos, Ladril, Carreaux de Ciments, Spanish Mission Tiles, redondo tile, Rajoles hidràuliques. Baldosas hidráulicas, Baldosa Hidraulica, Pasta Potosi Tile depending on the language and the country. In Brazil mosaicos hidráulicos are also called "ladrilho de água".
In the USA---Villa Lagoon Tile--Encaustic
Cement Tile, Old World Look with today's colors. Weatherproof, sand proof,
for floors that will outlast you by centuries.
