Swimming pool Fletiomare

In the Fletiomare swimming pool in De Meern, the walls are decorated with images of frogs, insects, birds and landscapes. With super sharp vector drawings, the graphic artist Harmen Liemburg has created a fantastic world of frogs and birds that experience all kinds of adventures on the tile walls of the pool. The drawings are burned on a mix of matte, satin and glossy tiles measuring 20 x 20 cm. For the users of the pool, there is always something funny to discover in the 30 m2 images on the tiles.

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Salamander tile

In mid-October, the last jetty was removed from scaffolding 8 and 16 in Antwerp and two beautifully restored Art Nouveau facades appeared. The relief tiles with the image of a brown-tinged salamander stand out most. These replace the porous tiles from 1890, with the consent of Monumentenzorg (conservation institute). Tile Bakery has baked more than 750 relief tiles and 750 flat tiles for this special facade restoration. With decades of ceramic experience, it was a tough and labor-intensive challenge to get close to the original colors and reproduce all frost-resistant tiles manually, glaze and bake at 1,200 degrees.

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Grand lobby, Kate Hume, golden tiles

A grand lobby Inspired by the Manhattan skyline- with a nod to Holland’s iconic mid century architect Dudok. Kate Hume made sure the outside quality of 900 Mahler was aso reflected on the inside in the grand lobby. Eye-catching chandeliers by Kaia and Atollo table lamps by Oluce give the warm welcoming feel of a five-star hotel lobby. With JAMES (concierge service) making residents feel right at home.

Mahler has played an important role in the transformation of the Zuidas by both literally and figuratively sticking its neck out. Many more residential buildings have followed. The Zuidas is now perceived as a vibrant destination to work and live.

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Nusantara multicolored mosaic

These beautiful 132 mosaic facade elements are produced for the building project Nusantara in the stripheldenbuurt in Almere. The houses are decorated with a multicolored mosaic representation baked into 30 x 30 cm tiles (70 m2). The beautiful representation is made in an arc-shaped recess of the concrete elements. Hundreds of tiles were cut to the precise dimensions with water jet technology and then produced with a baked-in mosaic decor. The design and the mosaic decor emphasize the oriental character of the building in which senior Dutch-Indonesian will live. This project was commissioned by housing association De Alliantie and realized by architect Nahied Koolen and produced by MaatWerkTegels.

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Maastricht Sphinx Passage

The Sphinxpassage is a 120 meter long covered tile passage between the Eiffel building and Pathé. Nearly 30,000 tiles bring the Maastricht Sphinx past to life in words, images and objects. Space for the past Around the Eiffel Building, the Sphinxkwartier is rapidly developing into a modern, vibrant city district. With the opening of the Sphinx passage, the rich history of the area has also been given a permanent place. It is the Longest tile panel in the Netherlands With a mix of - among other things - family portraits, factory buildings, crockery decorations, old advertisements and toilet bowls, tile panels in 26 chapters tell the history of the Sphinx and the Maastricht ceramic industry. Each tableau is supported by a backstory, written by historians Jac van den Boogaard and Paul Arnold. From the establishment of the Sphinx factory by Petrus Regout to the closure of the factory in the city center, passers-by get a unique insight into the history of the Maastricht ceramics industry via the Sphinx passage. With a length of 120 meters, the Sphinx passage is the longest covered tile table passage in the Netherlands.

 
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Kattenburg triumphal arch

A monument honoring the residents of the Kattenburg Island and their social and community engagement has been erected in collaboration with the community. Thus, the monument is partially created by the individuals to whom it is dedicated. It features stories written by the community members, personal histories and memories of important developments in the community.

A community based public art project by David Smithson and Kristina Leko
commissioned by the City of Amsterdam-Centrum & Wiseguys Urban Art Project

Text courtesy of davidsmithson.net

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