terrazzo
noun
ter·raz·zo
tə-ˈra-(ˌ)zō 
-ˈrät-(ˌ)sō
-ˈrät-(ˌ)sō
: a mosaic flooring consisting of small pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and given a high polish
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The Gaines’s and their team wisely kept these elements—like terrazzo floors, arched windows and doorways, and exposed beams—and incorporated them with modern touches.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
At her first location in Manhattan, at Lexington and 59th Street, her team created a coffee shop with a palette of blonde-wood, blush-pink terrazzo floors, tomato-red accent lights, and a teal-gray coffee counter — softer interpretations of Capital One’s blue-and-red logo.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2025
The terrazzo floor on the mezzanine was spiderwebbed with yellow CAUTION tape and silver duct tape, clearly covering cracks of some kind.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
Smith during her lifetime also created several collaborative public artworks, among them the terrazzo floor in the Great Hall of the Denver International Airport; an in-situ sculpture in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens; and a mile-long sidewalk history trail in West Seattle.
—News Desk, Artforum, 30 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
At her first location in Manhattan, at Lexington and 59th Street, her team created a coffee shop with a palette of blonde-wood, blush-pink terrazzo floors, tomato-red accent lights, and a teal-gray coffee counter — softer interpretations of Capital One’s blue-and-red logo.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Mar. 2025
The terrazzo floor on the mezzanine was spiderwebbed with yellow CAUTION tape and silver duct tape, clearly covering cracks of some kind.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
Smith during her lifetime also created several collaborative public artworks, among them the terrazzo floor in the Great Hall of the Denver International Airport; an in-situ sculpture in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens; and a mile-long sidewalk history trail in West Seattle.
—News Desk, Artforum, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Terrazzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrazzo. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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