Terrazzo: Key Player in Healthcare Design

A Shift in Healthcare Design Healthcare facilities today have shifted towards implementing sustainable building design. With this task comes a few challenges. Hospitals operate continuously; therefore, architects have to decide which building materials are efficient enough while adhering to standards and regulations. Terrazzo remains a go-to flooring option for architects as they strive to achieve LEED [...]

Terrazzo Spotlight: Retail

Creating the best customer experience possible is essential for retail stores. Today online shopping has become a phenomenon, allowing customers to shop at their convenience. But where does that leave the indoor experience? Redesigning a store with terrazzo floors can give brands a competitive edge in the marketplace. It's all about creating a lasting impression [...]

Terrazzo Spotlight: Hospitals

Terrazzo benefits hospitals around the world. With its durability, ease of maintenance, and resistance to bacteria, it serves as a great flooring option. Doctors, patients, and visitors add up to the high levels of foot traffic daily. We all know that hospitals remain busy at all times. As a result, busy places require a durable floor. [...]

Terrazzo Spotlight: Education

From the time the bell rings in the morning, millions of students travel down crowded hallways to reach their class. That is a lot of traffic for one school to take, which can wear down a floor over time. Education systems are now switching over to a more durable flooring option: terrazzo. Lakeside Junior [...]

Terrazzo Spotlight: Airport Design

Terrazzo Lifting Off If you ever saw Home Alone, then you probably remember the scene where the McAlister family runs down the corridor aisles to make their flight on time.  When people are in a rush to reach a destination, they may not take the time to appreciate the floor beneath their feet. Gone are those [...]

The Growing Popularity of Terrazzo

Last week we briefly touched on the subject of the origins of terrazzo, so this week it made complete sense to move things forward and answer the question "what has contributed to the continuous popularity of terrazzo?" It seems unbelievable, really: this flooring material was created over 600 years ago. Created, not found in [...]

October Project of the Month

For the month of October, I'm proud to feature one of my favorite projects to date: The North Carolina State University Talley Student Union! This project combined complex details with simplicity to create a truly stunning design. And the intricate water-jet cut is placed front and center, juxtaposed next to the simple [...]

Campbell University of Osteopathic Medicine

Campbell University of Osteopathic Medicine Lillington, North Carolina Area: 8, 728 sq. ft. Scope: Epoxy Terrazzo The design of this terrazzo floor at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine immediately sets a contemporary vibe that is reiterated throughout the building. Curved bands of varying widths segment overlapping rectangular geometry creating a sophisticated and [...]

MUSC Wellness Center

MUSC Wellness Center Charleston, South Carolina Scope: Epoxy Terrazzo At the MUSC Wellness Center, this epoxy terrazzo design seems to take the traditional monochromatic checker-board archetype and literally puts its own twist on it. Moving away from the familiar perpendicular rows of alternating black and white squares, this design allows the [...]

Wake Forest University – Farrell Hall

Wake Forest University Farrell Hall Winston-Salem, North Carolina Scope: Epoxy Terrazzo In Wake Forest University Farrell Hall, the vanilla white terrazzo serves as a perfect canvas for the warm colored furnishings and light wood panels of the school building. The solid color of the terrazzo floor acts as a background that [...]

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