Originally, Boston Valley was a brick manufacturer that later became a producer of terra cotta pots. The company’s return to architectural terra cotta products occurred in 1981 when the Krouse family purchased the facility. From then on, Boston Valley Pottery was known as Boston Valley Terra Cotta.
The mixed-use building designed by Fogarty Finger will have a total 350,000 square feet divided between ground floor retail, commercial office, and residential spaces with various amenities.
One Vanderbilt is a stunning skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that continues to attract attention as construction progresses towards the completion date later in 2020.
Attendees were able to learn about the resurgence of architectural ceramics from experts in the industry, showing modern day examples of the material in use.
In a recent article published by Metropolis Magazine, terra cotta is lauded as a favorable material for contemporary buildings.
Boston Valley Terra Cotta was recently published in the January 2020 edition of The RIBA Journal. The article promotes terra cotta cladding as an efficient building material with examples of projects in the UK that Boston Valley has provided faience for.
The Centrale is a newly constructed residential building designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli in Midtown, Manhattan that features Boston Valley Terra Cotta rainscreen panels.