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Focus on Portugal: Portuguese materials such as ceramics, stone and cork have shaped the country's buildings and fuelled its manufacturing industries. Catherine Slessor considers the history of some well-known materials and how contemporary designers and manufacturers are meeting the challenges of the modern marketplace.(products)
The Architectural Review
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To a profound extent, Portuguese architecture was and continues to be shaped by the availability of local materials. The country's great tradition of tile making and design has left an indelible and distinctive mark on the Portuguese built environment. Richly tiled facades and interiors have come to characterise Portuguese architecture and few things are as expressive as its painted ceramic tiles, or azulejos.
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The notion of covering walls, floors and even ceilings was originally introduced to the lberian peninsula by the Moors ...
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