Frank Lloyd Wright Concrete Tiles

Motawi tileworks makes handcrafted tiles for residential and commercial installations specializing in art nouveau arts and crafts and midcentury modern aesthetics.

Frank lloyd wright concrete tiles.

The ennis house and its tiles became quite famous by the movie blade runner. 20 x 14 high res digital color photograph. Concrete block offered cost savings and flexibility but were seen as an ugly and downmarket building material. Their face dimensions 18 x 13 inches and bas relief patterns were exact duplicates the only difference being that the new tiles were only 1 5 8 inches thick.

Nearly 100 years ago frank lloyd wright began experimenting with a humble building material. It was wright s way of signing completed buildings he was pleased with. Early on he defined the principles of what he called organic architecture appropriate to time place and humankind an organic architecture proceeds persists creates according to the nature of man and his circumstances as they both change. The 29 pound tiles were cast from concrete copies of wright s original aluminum block molds which were still in the biltmore s possession.

Originally designed by frank lloyd wright for the freeman house built in california in 1923 where this pattern was used on concrete blocks. Not all homes received the signature tile. Capitalizing on its potential for reproduction he developed a new design for houses crafted. Dezeen promotion the mayan inspired tiles that clad one of frank lloyd wright s celebrated textile houses have been recreated by offecct as acoustic wall panels.

Made in america for the past 25 years concretus products are all hand cast with fine detailing. Concretus has been the authorized licensed tile manufacture for the frank lloyd wright foundation for over 20 years. In addition to their own unique designs motawi is licensed to produce art tiles based on the works of architect frank lloyd wright and artist charley harper. Every product is embedded with traditions of old world italian craftsmanship passed down from generations.

Frank lloyd wright s red signature tile is to the right of the front door. 1914 documented frank lloyd wright designed cast concrete midway gardens fragment with nicely aged patina ur ur 31377 20 3 500 00. Single electric light table or desk lamp with custom built wood surround accentuated with original early 20th century frank lloyd wright designed prism tiles ur ur 29783 18 special price. Collection consits of four wall tiles ennis house storer house millard house freeman house plus corner elements for the millard house tiles.

Frank lloyd wright 1867 1959 amazed the world with his visionary architectural designs.