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Mosaics in construction

Mosaic surfaces have played a special role in construction throughout history. Mosaics have always served as a means of emphasizing something singular. The most respectable and well known constructions in the world have been created with mosaics.

One of the seven world wonders is the temple of Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The temple was built in memory of Queen Muntaz Mahal, beloved by Emperor Shahjahan. The whole temple is covered with a white marble mosaic. The temple was built in 1632-54 and 20 000 men worked for 22 years to complete it.

Another well-known building of the present-day world - the Sidney Opera House - is covered with mosaics. The high-arched vaults of the building that has become the symbol of Australia are covered with glazed clinker mosaic. The object serves as an example of the fact that Nordic people are also adept at creating mosaics, since the building was designed by the Danish architect Jern Utzon.
The Moors who left Africa to settle down on the Iberian Peninsula have made a masterful use of mosaics in interiors. A famous example is the Palace of Granada Alhambra whose mosaic series keep impressing its visitors.

A distinctive whole to your home with mosaics

Once again people have started to take interest in mosaics. Plaadipunkt has met the requests and put a number of various ranges on the market. One can choose from among mosaics of different type, glass mosaics of clear as well as coloured glass, Murano glazed mosaics and Italian and Far Eastern clinker mosaics alongside with marble mosaics.

Mosaics are an easy way to create decorative or exceptionally pure surfaces. The size and number of mosaics create many different possibilities. New extremely wide colour schemes give designers an opportunity to use the minutest nuances.

The use of mosaic as a tiling material is fascinating. There are a number of mosaics with different sizes and colours available. The lively colour schemes of glass mosaics lend a distinctive feel to tiling. A floor covered with clinker mosaics is fully wearproof. Sicis, Trend and Reviglass glass mosaic makes it very convenient and easy to tile an arched form of a bath or a bubble bath. One can cover a bathroom floor with a mosaic to match the wall tiles or use mosaic tiles, in addition to kitchen walls, also in the workplace - a "mosaic carpet" makes a smooth way from the wall to the workplace. A durable and sanitary mosaic entirety pleases one's eye.

While fixing and joining a mosaic, one needs to consider certain circumstances that one should be aware of already when choosing the type of mosaic. The circumstances that have an effect on the selection of the fixture and joint include transparency and the place of use. The colour of the joint is equally important, since here the proportion of the joint is larger than in the case of ordinary tiles. The effect of the whole is achieved by joining the mosaic surface and the colours of the joint. The opportunities offered by mosaics are boundless: they range from decorating a bathroom to a simplified facade, and from golden glazed mosaics to glazed floor mosaics.

Plaadipunkt represents the top-ranking names among the manufacturers of mosaic in the world: glazed and marble mosaics of Sicis and Trend. Choose from among the samples of the Plaadipunkt Collection.