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Porcelanosa Facades Blog Menu Close Porcelain Colors Projects Why us Resources Contact We’ve Been Helping US Architects Reduce Exterior Porcelain Façade Costs For 8+ Years. Here are the 3 Fastest Ways You Can Save Your Budget and Keep Your Design Vision Intact This post explains how you can have an incredible-looking porcelain panel façade with three simple design strategies. Look, we get it! Learning about pricing and material costs isn’t sexy. But by learning how to reduce your façade costs with porcelain rainscreen, you’ll get the best cladding material from a technical standpoint. As a result, your… Continue reading We’ve Been Helping US Architects Reduce Exterior Porcelain Façade Costs For 8+ Years. Here are the 3 Fastest Ways You Can Save Your Budget and Keep Your Design Vision Intact Published October 29, 2022 Categorized as Article , Resource Earthquake-Resistant Facades: Are Strong Porcelain Panels Right for Your Best Designs? Why should you know about earthquake-resistant facades when specifying exterior porcelain panels? On January 17, 1994, at 4:30 AM in the San Fernando Valley in California, the Northridge earthquake occurred for 10 – 20 seconds. For those who’ve never experienced an earthquake, 10 to 20 seconds doesn’t sound very long. Here are some figures to… Continue reading Earthquake-Resistant Facades: Are Strong Porcelain Panels Right for Your Best Designs? Published September 13, 2022 Categorized as Article , Example , Resource July & August are Architecture Touring Season in New York In her song, New York, New York, Liza Minelli (or Sinatra, or anyone else who sings it) called New York the city that doesn’t sleep. The song also says, If I can make it there, I’ll make it practically anywhere…” You got that right, pal! And the same goes for New York architecture. If a… Continue reading July & August are Architecture Touring Season in New York Published August 14, 2022 Categorized as Events Porcelanosa’s KRION Solid Surface Material Takes Center Stage in Krueck Sexton Partners’ Award-Winning CME Center The CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) Center Lobby project in Chicago, IL was designed by Krueck Sexton Partners. The project was recently recognized by the jury as the winning entry for Commercial Interiors in Architizer’s 10th Annual A+ Awards. Luke Haas at Krueck Sexton Partners pointed out this adds to the project’s growing number of awards,… Continue reading Porcelanosa’s KRION Solid Surface Material Takes Center Stage in Krueck Sexton Partners’ Award-Winning CME Center Published August 10, 2022 Categorized as Article , Events PROJECT STORY – How Porcelanosa Facades helped Arquitectonica customize a stunning Manhattan Passive House high-rise :CONVIVIUM Luxury Apartments Location: Manhattan, New York Architect: Arquitectonica Building Typologies: New Build; High-Rise; Multi-Family Year Constructed: 2019 Building Size: 144,000 SF, 22 stories Porcelain Cladding Used: 18,221 SF Colors: Custom Light Grey and Dark Grey Background Convivium is a residential, high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with about 140 apartments. Over 45% of those units have outdoor… Continue reading PROJECT STORY – How Porcelanosa Facades helped Arquitectonica customize a stunning Manhattan Passive House high-rise :CONVIVIUM Luxury Apartments Published July 10, 2022 Categorized as Example Let’s celebrate! The results are in from the first annual PIPA. Keep on reading… Today, we’re going to break from our typical newsletter format to share the details of Porcelanosa’s first International Project Awards. Don’t worry, we’ll get back to sharing feature projects in our next newsletter. That said, let’s jump in and share the details of this exciting event, and maybe even how you can be a part… Continue reading Let’s celebrate! The results are in from the first annual PIPA. Keep on reading… Published June 6, 2022 Categorized as Article , Events Dang It! I Just found out my engineers want to poke holes through my porcelain cladding. What do I do?” Technical Bulletin: Penetrations & Signage Installation Pro Design Tip: Coordinate your exterior panel designs early and often with your mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers. Specifically, you want to make sure you know where they’ll have pipes, lights, louvers, and outlets on the outside of your building. And you want them to know where positioning and location of those penetrations is crucial to your design. That… Continue reading Dang It! I Just found out my engineers want to poke holes through my porcelain cladding. What do I do?” Published January 16, 2022 Categorized as Resource The Mead School Location: North Stamford, Connecticut Architect: Crown Architecture and Consulting Building Typologies: Education; Renovation Year Constructed: 2016 Porcelain Cladding Used: 2,500 SF Colors: XLight Concrete Black (Concrete Series) Here’s a link to see more images and details about this renovation project to this school of creative learning once attended by Jim Henson’s children. Here’s what the architect… Continue reading The Mead School Published January 16, 2022 Categorized as Example Exterior Porcelain Cladding: Important questions to consider Part 3 / Application & Use In our last two newsletters, you saw the first seven essential questions you need to ask and answer while you’re choosing the cladding materials for your project’s appearance, and to make sure it fits within your client’s budget: To help your design decision-making process, we’ve developed a Design Guide to give you a step-by-step system. To… Continue reading Exterior Porcelain Cladding: Important questions to consider Part 3 / Application & Use Published January 16, 2022 Categorized as Article Another Hidden Reason Porcelain is the Best Material for Your Façade Design To be clear, we’re not talking about ceramic tile. Or interior porcelain tile. We’re talking about technical porcelain. We fire your exterior porcelain cladding panels so they absorb less than 0.1% of water. Making them virtually impervious to moisture. Compare that to industry standards for other tiles (water absorption rates): Porcelain: ≤ 0.5% (which is… Continue reading Another Hidden Reason Porcelain is the Best Material for Your Façade Design Published November 30, 2021 Categorized as Resource Posts navigation Page 1 … Page 3 Older posts Search Search Recent Posts We’ve Been Helping US Architects Reduce Exterior Porcelain Façade Costs For 8+ Years. Here are the 3 Fastest Ways You Can Save Your Budget and Keep Your Design Vision Intact Earthquake-Resistant Facades: Are Strong Porcelain Panels Right for Your Best Designs? July & August are Architecture Touring Season in New York Porcelanosa’s KRION Solid Surface Material Takes Center Stage in Krueck Sexton Partners’ Award-Winning CME Center PROJECT STORY – How Porcelanosa Facades helped Arquitectonica customize a stunning Manhattan Passive House high-rise :CONVIVIUM Luxury Apartments Recent Comments No comments to show. 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