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    Guastavino tile arch system is a version of Catalan vault introduced to the United States in 1885 by Spanish architect and builder Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908)...
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    based in New York City. Based on the Catalan vault, he created the Guastavino tile, a "Tile Arch System", patented in the United States in 1885, which was...
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  • Uruguayan football player Guastavino tile, patented by Rafael Guastavino in 1885 This page lists people with the surname Guastavino. If an internal link intending...
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    layers of tiles in fast-setting cement set flat against the surface of the curve, rather than perpendicular to it. The father, Rafael Guastavino, innovated...
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    swimming pool in the U.S., an indoor tennis court with vaulting of Guastavino tile, two squash courts, and guest bedrooms. On the lower level, there was...
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    architect and builder Rafael Guastavino introduced the technique to the United States in the 1880s, where it is called Guastavino tile. It is used in many major...
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    grill room known as the Della Robbia Room, decorated ornately with Guastavino tile; part of the room survives and is designated as a New York City interior...
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    platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tilework, and brass chandeliers. The Rafael Guastavino-designed station is unique...
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    Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Its cornerstone laid in 1907, the Guastavino tiled dome of the de Sales parish has been an icon in its neighborhood. The...
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    the crossing ceiling, which was to contain "Guastavino tiles" designed by Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino. The board of trustees implemented a new charter...
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    facades with green tile roofs. Each building has a central courtyard connected to the street by vaulted passages lined with Guastavino tile. The complex was...
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    style steel frame and masonry building with abundant terra cotta and Guastavino tile embellishments. The building has setbacks beginning at the seventh...
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  • to Benjamin Horace Weese, Bandel personally saved the deteriorating Guastavino tile dome at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine by New York City in 1972...
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    the new subway. The platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tile work and brass chandeliers. Passenger service was discontinued...
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    ceilings of the vaults underneath the triforium galleries are faced with Guastavino tile and contain lighting. Above the clerestory, the nave's ceiling is eight...
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    noted Spanish structural engineer Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908), famous for his vaultings, known as Guastavino tile work, designed vaults in dozens of Beaux-Arts...
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    Australian-made tiles were available from Wunderlich Tiles, a company founded by London-born Frederick Wunderlich. Gladding, McBean Guastavino tile Tile Heritage...
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    O'Connor was a primary assistant of French. The church makes much use of Guastavino tile for its vaulting. In Goodhue's former studio at 2 West 47th Street...
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    vault – from Guastavino tile. U.S.-patented (1885) system using interlocking terracotta tiles and layers of mortar in a thin skin, with the tiles following...
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    original vaulted ceiling, with large light-colored Guastavino tile in a herringbone pattern. These tiles are the same used at the Boston Public Library,...
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    The walls and vaults of the nave and transepts are constructed from Guastavino tile and were sealed in 1976 to increase sound reverberation and enhance...
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    on rough limestone foundation walls resting on concrete footings. Guastavino tile vaulting forms the ceilings on both the ground and first floor. The...
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  • Grillwork Groin vault Grotesque Grotto Gründerzeit Guard stone Guard tower Guastavino tile Guerrilla architecture Gulf house Gutta Gymnasium Gynaeceum Hachiman-zukuri...
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    argued such a design would not be "a real dome". McKim then proposed a Guastavino tile dome, to which Ware agreed. The Norcross Brothers then proposed an...
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    courtyard through four porticoes with columns of composite order, Guastavino tile ceilings, and balustrades (part of the one at the northeast corner...
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    the R. Guastavino Company under the direction of Rafael Guastavino. The Baird Auditorium is one of the finest examples of the Guastavino tile arch system...
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  • wall - Groundbreaking - Ground reinforcement - Grout - Grouted roof - Guastavino tile - Gypsum block - Gypsum concrete Hammer - Hammerbeam roof - Hammer...
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    Guastavino. Although the house was razed in the late 1940s, the property includes above-ground ruins and landscaping, the ruins of Guastavino's tile kiln...
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    terracotta detailing, while its interior vaulted ceilings employ a Guastavino tile system. Structurally, it preceded the use of steel skeletons for skyscrapers...
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  • as an additional layer to the structural tile of the Tile Arch System ceilings built by the Rafael Guastavino Company of New Jersey. The most prevalent...
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