Home›Buildings and Structures›Material›TerracottaArchitectural MaterialTerracottaStone and Masonry MaterialsReference and ClassificationDevelopingArchitectural terracotta is fired clay, typically glazed, molded into decorative blocks, tiles and ornamental units for facades, cornices and roofing rather than plain structural brick. Its plasticity before firing allowed elaborate relief ornament to be cast cheaply and repeated across a facade, which made it especially popular for late nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial and civic buildings in the United States, where glazed terracotta cladding gave steel-framed skyscrapers a fireproof, ornamental skin. Roofing tile is architectural terracotta's other major historic use, common across the Mediterranean, Latin America and parts of Asia for its low cost, durability and characteristic reddish color.TerracottaConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)TerracottaFilter Results18 entriesArchitectAllLouis Sullivan (1)Building FamilyAllApartment and Multi-Family Buildings (1)Archaeological Sites of East and Southeast Asia (1)Citadels and City Walls (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads (1)Farmsteads and Homesteads Outside the United States (1)Fortified Prisons (1)Hotels and Grand Hotels (2)Jewish Synagogues (2)Skyscrapers and Office Towers (4)Tall Buildings of East Asia (1)Tall Buildings of North America (3)Theaters and Performance Venues (1)StyleAllArt Deco (2)Beaux-Arts Architecture (1)Chicago School (3)Farmhouse (1)Futurist Architecture (1)Gothic Revival (1)Italianate Architecture (1)Moorish Revival Architecture (2)Neoclassical Architecture (2)Renaissance Architecture (1)Renaissance Revival 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ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18111 West 57th StreetTerracottaCarcassonneTerracottaCascina PozzobonelliTerracottaCitadelle de CarcassonneTerracottaEldridge Street SynagogueTerracottaEquitable BuildingTerracottaFlatiron BuildingTerracottaGuangzhou CTF Finance CentreTerracottaGuaranty BuildingTerracottaNew Synagogue (Berlin)TerracottaOne VanderbiltTerracottaRoyal Albert HallTerracottaTerracotta ArmyTerracottaThe Algonquin HotelTerracottaThe DakotaTerracottaWainwright BuildingTerracottaWaldorf Astoria New YorkTerracottaWoolworth BuildingTerracottaConnectionsAssociated WithCornice, Elements and Materials Well-attested Seen In111 West 57th Street, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source 111 West 57th Street (Wikipedia)Carcassonne, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Carcassonnetier 3Cascina Pozzobonelli, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Cascina Pozzobonelli (Wikipedia)Citadelle de Carcassonne, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Carcassonnetier 3Eldridge Street Synagogue, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Eldridge Street Synagogue (Wikipedia)tier 3Equitable Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Equitable Building (Manhattan), WikipediaFlatiron Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Flatiron BuildingGuangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre (Wikipedia)tier 3Guaranty Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Prudential (Guaranty) Building, WikipediaNew Synagogue (Berlin), Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source New Synagogue (Berlin) (Wikipedia)tier 3One Vanderbilt, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source One Vanderbilt (Wikipedia)tier 3Royal Albert Hall, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Royal Albert Hall, WikipediaTerracotta Army, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Terracotta Army (Wikipedia)tier 3The Algonquin Hotel, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Algonquin Hotel, WikipediaThe Dakota, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source The Dakota (Wikipedia)tier 3Wainwright Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Wainwright Building (Wikipedia)tier 3Waldorf Astoria New York, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Waldorf Astoria New York (Wikipedia)tier 3Woolworth Building, Buildings and Structures Well-attested Source Woolworth Building (Wikipedia)tier 3SourcesWikipediaWikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Terracotta, introductory paragraph, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracottais a clay-based non-vitreous ceramic fired at relatively low temperatures.Wikipedia: Terracotta, Architecture History sectionArchitectural terracotta is a broad term encompassing a wide ranging variety of clay-based architectural elements such as wall reliefs, decorative roof elements, and architectural sculpture.View the SourceEldridge Street Synagogue (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: Eldridge Street Synagogue, infobox material field: Brick, terracottaView the SourceNew Synagogue (Berlin) (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: New Synagogue (Berlin), Article bodyQuote, Seen In: New Synagogue (Berlin), Article bodyis polychrome brickwork, richly ornamented with sculpted bricks and terracottaView the SourceTerracotta Army (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaSeen In: Terracotta Army, LeadQuote, Seen In: Terracotta Army, LeadThe Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.View the SourceWikipedia: Flatiron BuildingWikipediaSeen In: Flatiron Building, IntroductionQuote, Seen In: Flatiron Building, Introductionthe upper stories are clad with glazed terracottaView the Source111 West 57th Street (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: 111 West 57th Street, IntroductionQuote, Seen In: 111 West 57th Street, IntroductionThe residential tower has a glass facade with piers made of terracottaView the SourceOne Vanderbilt (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: One Vanderbilt, IntroductionQuote, Seen In: One Vanderbilt, IntroductionThe facade is made mostly of glass panels, while the spandrels between stories are made of terracotta. The superstructure is made of steel and concreteView the SourceThe Dakota (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: The Dakota, IntroductionQuote, Seen In: The Dakota, IntroductionThe facade is largely composed of brick with sandstone trim and terracotta detailing.View the SourceWoolworth Building (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: Woolworth Building, Wikipedia leadQuote, Seen In: Woolworth Building, Wikipedia leadIts facade is mostly clad with architectural terracotta, though the lower portions are limestone, and it features thousands of windows.View the SourceAlgonquin Hotel, WikipediaSeen In: The Algonquin Hotel, Wikipedia leadQuote, Seen In: The Algonquin Hotel, Wikipedia leadThe first two stories of the facade are made of rusticated limestone blocks, while the upper stories have a Renaissance Revival brick facade, with limestone, metal, and terracotta details inspired by the Beaux-Arts style.View the SourceGuangzhou CTF Finance Centre (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, Wikipedia articleThe facade of the skyscraper is made out of glass and has vertical mullions, made out of white glazed terracotta.View the SourceWaldorf Astoria New York (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaSeen In: Waldorf Astoria New York, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Waldorf Astoria New York, Wikipedia articleIn addition, 200 railroad cars brought some 800,000 cubic feet (23,000 m3) of limestone for the building's facing, 27,100 tons of steel for the skeleton superstructure, and 2.595 million square feet (241,100 m2) of terra cotta and gypsum block.View the SourceEquitable Building (Manhattan), WikipediaSeen In: Equitable Building, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Equitable Building, Wikipedia article=== Facade === The building's facade is made of brick, granite, and terracotta, and white Yule Marble and iron are also used in the building.View the SourceRoyal Albert Hall, WikipediaSeen In: Royal Albert Hall, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Royal Albert Hall, Wikipedia articleThe hall was constructed mainly of Fareham Red brick, with terra cotta block decoration made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth.View the SourcePrudential (Guaranty) Building, WikipediaSeen In: Guaranty Building, Wikipedia articleQuote, Seen In: Guaranty Building, Wikipedia articleThe supporting steel structure of the building was embellished with terra cotta blocks.View the SourceWainwright Building (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikimedia FoundationSeen In: Wainwright Building, Article textQuote, Seen In: Wainwright Building, Article textThe building includes embellishments of terra cotta, a building material that was gaining popularity at the time of construction.View the SourceWikipedia: Carcassonnetier 3WikipediaSeen In: Carcassonne, Article textOne section is Roman and is notably different from the medieval walls, with the tell-tale red brick layers and the shallow pitch terracotta tile roofs.Seen In: Citadelle de Carcassonne, Article textOne section is Roman and is notably different from the medieval walls, with the tell-tale red brick layers and the shallow pitch terracotta tile roofs.View the SourceCascina Pozzobonelli (Wikipedia)Seen In: Cascina Pozzobonelli, Article textQuote, Seen In: Cascina Pozzobonelli, Article textThe Cascina Pozzobonelli is rectangular and divided into halls with large, terracotta-framed, square windows.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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