Conserved amid the forbidding, jagged cliffs of Portland, on the coast of the English Channel, in the county of Dorset, are the enduring traces of a past able to capture the beauty of Portland Stone, the inspiration for this collection. A recurring feature of a number of iconic institutional buildings, such as the Palace of Westminster, the Tower of London, the foundation stone of London Bridge, the British Museum, the headquarters of the Bank of England, the National Gallery in London and Dublin and the UN headquarters in New York, Portland Stone has traveled slowly through the centuries to bring us its impressive beauty, preserved by time. This collection is a modern tribute to the timeless allure of a charismatic, powerfully expressive stone.
Delicate shades of color, soft cloudy effects and subtle touches of light envelop the tiles in the new Lithos collection by Casalgrande Padana, shown at Cersaie 2024, embellishing it with distinctive graphic details to create simple yet sophisticated surfaces able to adapt to all kinds of applications and living spaces.
The six collection colors (Lithos Beige, Bianco, Grigio, Nero, Taupe and Tortora) come with a thickness of 9 mm in the sizes 30×60 cm and 60×60 cm, with an anti-slip surface, and in the new R10 natural finish, which combines a pleasant appearance and a delicate tactile sensation with the technical characteristics required for increasingly international design projects. The 60×120 cm size is available in R10 natural, satin and grip finishes, and the 120×120 cm size is available in R10 natural and satin surfaces, while in the 120×278 cm size, the new Lithos collection comes in a 6 mm thickness and with an R10 natural finish, as well as an extraordinarily soft satin finish, for a natural, matte look.
In the colors Beige, Grigio, Taupe and Tortora and the sizes 60×60 cm and 60×120 cm, Lithos is also available with a thickness of 20 mm, with an anti-slip surface, ideal for dry laying on turf, sand or gravel, or for raised laying. The range is completed with 30×30 cm mesh-backed mosaic tiles with 5×5 cm and 5×15 cm tesserae, a canneté decoration in the 60×120 cm size, and a 29.5×29.5 cm curved mosaic tile, available in all the colors in the collection and with a natural surface.
Lithos offers a modern, versatile finish for design projects that require top technical performance, as well as guaranteeing maximum creative freedom to compose indoor and outdoor floors and walls in both residential and public settings, and for the contract, hospitality and wellness sectors. This adaptable, sophisticated design tool is perfect for creating both total looks and attractive color contrast effects, also in combination with other Casalgrande Padana collections. The elegant mix & match effects it offers are ideal for embellishing all kinds of décor styles and settings.
Like all the Casalgrande Padana stoneware collections, Lithos is composed of natural raw materials. Eco-compatible and fire-resistant, it does not give off harmful substances in the event of fire. It is non-absorbent and resistant to wear and tear, abrasion and thermal shock. Durable and easy both to lay and clean, its beauty remains unaltered over time. In addition, thanks to the Bios Ceramics technology (available on request), this new collection combines excellent technical performance with antibacterial, self-cleaning properties able to reduce polluting agents.
Casalgrande Padana’s porcelain stoneware tiles are obtained thanks to a cutting-edge manufacturing process focused on sustainability and taking account of scientific research and development and the latest advances in environmental technology, with sophisticated anti-pollution equipment that enables the recycling and full recovery of all components in the process, resulting in virtually zero emissions and dispersion. For many years now, Casalgrande Padana has been endeavoring to adopt the finest technologies and management procedures, applying circularity criteria to the use of energy, water and production waste, with a view to respecting and safeguarding the landscape and territorial balance.
