When the scaffolding comes off the exterior of Drexel University’s Main Building next year, you might not notice much that’s different. But the building façade will have been gently cleaned, the ...

But terra-cotta, the clay-baked ceramic, went out of style as a building material in the mid-20th century as developers increasingly turned toward the more in vogue glass curtain wall.

A colorful, articulated terra cotta exterior collects and transfers heat to a custom-designed terra cotta radiator system on the interior. Featuring a complex network of piping, the “counter-current” ...

The use of materials in their ‘raw’ natural look is a harmonic addition to the rural surroundings. Clay used to be the main building material of the houses in the village.

Merdacotta is a new building material created by the Museo Della Merda, a museum dedicated to the artistic, scientific, and eco-friendly possibilities of recycled dung that opened last year on the ...

Sitting underneath the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City is the New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company building, the last vestige of a vast company.

In India's scorching summer heat, the ancient practice of chilling water in terracotta pots is inspiring new trends – from cooling towers to screens for buildings.

Above each window, a terracotta lion’s head faces out to Main Street. City officials toured the Chatham Lofts at the former headquarters of the YWCA in Worcester.

Terracotta is a wonderfully earthy, traditional Italian material, derived from clay. But there's more to it than flower pots, as this collection of modern objects crafted from the earthenware proves.

Annual ceramic assemblies workshop brought academia and industry to Buffalo to prototype environmentally-responsive facades with terra cotta.