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...Upstairs, the tiles of De Marchi Verona ripple like water against mirrored surfaces....
...PRIN London is building a mosaic of “Rustiles” — Jesmonite tiles with an oxidised metal-dust surface....
...The hotel itself combines contemporary western chic with just the right amount of Arab-style design (the great outdoor wall of Arabic tile-work, for example, is a sensational piece by ceramicist Toufik Boumahdi...
...One example is Levantina, the maker of marble tiles and granite kitchen worktops, which was bought for €540m (£458m) by Charterhouse Capital of the UK and Impala of Spain four years ago....
...Jason grimaces at his tiles. “Julia nails Serbian war criminals in The Hague for a living, Dad. What chance do we stand? Is ‘ooainoo’ a word?”...
...Villa Magna occupies an unexceptional 1970s nine-storey block clad in pink marble on Paseo de la Castellana, just along from the very good-value InterContinental (www.ichotelsgroup.com; online rates from...
...and exclusive collections, featuring onyxes, exotic marbles and precious stones....
...The gold-plated, tesselated glass tiles that coat it are meant to evoke the sparkle of the gilded baroque domes....
...The room is air conditioned and temperature controlled with a marble tasting table at one end full of Riedel glasses and decanters. What about the furnishings?...
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