Comments on: guangzhou tiles

By: zhi tang

zhi tang — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:24:07 +0000

in the most parts of china ,we no long use this kind of mosaic tiles ,especially now,so what you can just exist in the building which was built 8 years ago. in the past ,most of people just want to show something ,for example a guy built a first building in our village.at that time he used this kind of ornament, when other people asked him why use this kind of mosaic tiles to adorn his house, then he said :the toff in the city like this”

By: gab

gab — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:56:35 +0000

When I first saw the tiles last year, they very much reminded me also of mediterranean towns, like Ventimiglia. Probably a coastal thing?

By: Rog

Rog — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:56:14 +0000

Hi Gabi

Those tiles are also very common in Brazil, especially in buildings from the fifties.

Santos is particularly full of those, often with large sea-themed mosaique panels embedded into the abstract surfaces and columns.