BUFFALO, N.Y. — Architects have turned to terra cotta for millennia. The clay-based ceramic is durable, lasting hundreds of years; it breathes, providing a natural system to transfer heat and water; ...

Read Part 2 of this story. My first post for Walkabout with Montrose, (anniversary coming up in March!) was a piece on terra-cotta and carved stone trim. Since that time, my camera and I have been ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, formed in 1897, Tottenville was its hub. The company manufactured terra cotta decorations for skyscrapers such as Manhattans Woolworth ...

RIOS and Arup display a facade prototype composed of ram pressed and extruded terra-cotta panels which also function as planting units. (Courtesy Boston Valley Terra Cotta) The event opened with a ...

A new exhibition derived from China’s famed terra-cotta army of ancient clay figures will open at the Field Museum in March, the museum announced Wednesday. “China’s First Emperor and His Terracotta ...

It remains one of the greatest archaeological finds in history. In 1974, some farmers discovered some terra-cotta pottery while digging a well near the city of Xi’an. When local scientists inspected ...

Drive through the rolling hills of Orchard Park on South Abbott Road, and suddenly it’s there, in a secluded spot: a sprawling plant that is home to Boston Valley Terra Cotta. It seems an unlikely ...

If you bill it, they will come. Eventually. It’s been more than a year since the announcement that China’s famous Terra Cotta Warriors would be coming to the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana ...

When Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, anticipated his death more than 2,000 years ago, he wanted an army of warriors to guard his mausoleum forever and protect him in the afterlife.