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Eco-Chic

Weddings; Coats & jackets

Environmentally-friendly and ethical design that does not sacrifice quality or style. Both green and stylish. The combination of trendiness and the environment.

Opus latericium

Construction; Architecture

A Roman form of construction in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium.

Opus quadratum

Construction; Architecture

An ancient Roman construction technique, in which squared blocks of stone of the same height were set in parallel courses, without the use of mortar.

Opus sectile

Construction; Architecture

An art technique popularised in Rome where materials were cut and inlaid into walls and floors to make a picture or pattern.

Opus mixtum

Construction; Architecture

An ancient Roman construction technique. It can consist in a mix of opus reticulatum and, at the angles and the sides, opus latericium; or of opus vittatum and opus testaceum.

A style of floor-making typical of mediaeval era Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. The name derives from Cosmati, one of the groups of marble craftsmen who created works by taking ...

Opus incertum

Construction; Architecture

An ancient Roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a core of opus caementicium. Initially it consisted of more ...