Most of the buildings are covered by architectural ceramics.

And it is making architectural ceramics for contemporary buildings.

Unfortunately, Zsolnay's picturesque contributions to architectural ceramics over the years are mostly shown in photographs.

But the Friends, who are concerned with architectural ceramics, have found another colorful terra cotta-trimmed space in New York City.

The large concentration of architectural ceramics of Zichuan make 60% of the total output of Zibo's ceramics industry.

For instance, dolia were manufactured for the most part by travelling specialist potters or by workshops that were involved principally in production of architectural ceramics.

Starting out as a small affair making stoneware and earthenware, the Zsolnay Manufactory gradually branched into art pottery, architectural ceramics, industrial goods and other fields.

Artist of international reputation, he made important contributions to the ceramic arts in Canada, especially in the field of architectural ceramics of which he is considered a pioneer.

With computers and new firing and glazing techniques, many manufacturers are reworking the earth, water and fire that have been used since ancient Egyptian times to make architectural ceramics.

Dale Zheutlin of Pelham, best known for large, architectural ceramics, is represented by a series of eight relatively small wall reliefs inspired by a collection of poems about trees by John Perlman.

Thereafter, Claude Vermette concentrated his efforts on architectural ceramics for which he created new forms of composition for the clay, a wider variety of modules for tiles and bricks, and new patented enamels.

Susan Tunick, an expert in architectural ceramics and the president of the Friends of Terra Cotta, said the Dutch company Joost Thooft & Labouchere (established in 1655) manufactured the Sea View murals.

There are new specialist displays showing architectural ceramics, or factory made ceramics (including Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper) or hand-made ceramics by modern masters such as Lucie Rie and Bernard Leach.

The material, also known in Great Britain as faience and sometimes referred to as "architectural ceramics", was closely associated with the work of Cass Gilbert, Louis Sullivan, and Daniel H. Burnham, among other architects.