Though these facilities are very important to students, educators, and local communities, the design, building, and renovation of them are often subject to budget constraints, availability of resources, and usually abbreviated timelines. As many scholastic facilities are funded by municipalities and states, it is vital that the surfacing materials specified for any education facility be of superior quality and a more timeless aesthetic. The surfaces in school environments must hold up to wear and tear and sustain their design appeal for the long term, as it could be many, many years before budgets accommodate updating.
Porcelain tile serves as an excellent surfacing choice for scholastic facilities because of its strength and durability, ease of cleaning and long-term maintenance, and range of designer looks and styles. Crossville collections, including colorful lines and gauged porcelain tile panel offerings, are found in learning institutions nationwide, as interior designers have turned to us for creative solutions to answer even the most demanding installation challenges.
Here’s a look at a few school projects:
Northwestern University Walter Annenberg Hall
The design team identified Crossville’s gauged porcelain tile panels as an ideal solution for the project. The tile panels, with generously proportioned outer dimensions yet a very lean profile, could be installed with minimal grout line directly over previously installed tile, eliminating the need to demo the walls and ensuring no previously installed material would have to go to the landfill.
Mesa College
For this stunning interior and exterior tile installation at San Diego’s Mesa College, Crossville’s Mainstreet collection offered the right quality, performance, and custom options.
Grand Oaks High School
Crossville’s solutions make the grade for this newly constructed high school in fast-growing Spring, Texas. From innovative porcelain tile panels to modern field tiles, this beautifully designed school features surfacing materials that are truly top of their class.
Baylor School Guerry Dining Hall
Crossville tile works in harmony with other design elements to create a positive place for Baylor students to gather, learn, and grow.
A Word About Cross-Sheen®
Exclusively from Crossville, Cross-Sheen is an invisible, integrated finish that protects the look of nearly any Crossville tile from the defacing effects of scuffs, stains, even permanent marker, and graffiti. Unlike expensively applied, non-permanent anti-graffiti coatings, Cross-Sheen is incorporated directly into the surface of the tile, so it will never scrape off or wear off. Made in the USA to stringent specifications, Cross-Sheen is a beautifully advanced solution for exterior and interior walls and interior flooring in residential or commercial applications. Cross-Sheen may be specified for nearly all porcelain tile products offered by Crossville, Inc.
Receiving high marks for style, durability, sustainability and availability, Crossville continues to set the standard for porcelain tile in education facilities.
