An Architect's Guide To: Terracotta Cladding
Founded in the late-1920s, NBK Terracotta began as a roof tile company and later branched out into architectural terracotta. As a pioneer in the industry, NBK started using terracotta as a rainscreen cladding product for exterior walls in the 1960s. "Using terracotta as a cladding product was not very popular at that time," Lehmann said.