Few other building materials so gracefully span the era from antiquity to the future with such groundbreaking potential - from glazes that turn ceramics into touch screens for switchless walls, to facade tiles that neutralize harmful nitrogen oxides, to inkjet printing of a precision unimaginable just a couple of years ago, and to increasingly strong and thin ceramics tiles ideal for retrofits over existing tile as well as fine furniture veneers. Here's how one architect sums up modern ceramics: "It's just mind boggling," says Steve Trott, AIA, of Hnedak Bobo Group in Memphis. "Unlike other materials and crafts steeped in history, modern ceramics are an industry on the cutting edge of innovation," notes ceramic consultant Ryan Fasan.
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