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TERRACOTTA SIGNATURE
Rairies Montrieux has been producing terracotta for over a century, blending traditional craftsmanship with innovation to support architectural projects. This catalogue is aimed at architects, showcasing terracotta solutions that prioritize aesthetics, durability, and creative freedom.
Terracotta is created by firing clay, with its color depending on the clay type. The process includes shaping, drying, and firing in a kiln, resulting in a durable material. Wood-fired terracotta gains unique characteristics from kiln position and flame exposure, with pigments enhancing its appearance.
The catalogue presents various terracotta shapes and surfaces, such as bricks, paving stones, tiles, and screen walls, offering architects diverse design possibilities.
Glazed terracotta involves a double-firing process, applying colored glass to the surface for a uniform color. This technique ensures durable glaze bonding, with finishes from glossy to matte.
Engobe is a colored clay coating that maintains terracotta's traditional look while offering a range of colors. Stoneware is known for its hardness and resistance, achieved through high-temperature firing.
Founded in 1910, Rairies Montrieux has a history of craftsmanship, originally using hand-extracted clay and wood-fired kilns. The company continues to innovate, providing bespoke terracotta materials for global projects.
Rairies Montrieux focuses on bespoke design, with a feasibility department ensuring project viability. The company offers custom shapes, colors, and finishes, supported by a quality laboratory for product reliability.
The document covers the technical, normative, and economic aspects of terracotta products, focusing on dimensions, forms, textures, and surface aspects. It ensures compatibility with installation systems like ITE and ventilated cladding.
The document outlines the process from feasibility validation to custom solution development, emphasizing internal tooling manufacturing for security and diversity.
A dedicated laboratory ensures the mechanical performance, durability, and quality of products, validating each solution against rigorous criteria.
Details various natural terracotta surfaces, each offering unique aesthetic and functional properties.
Highlights projects like the Louis Vuitton Store in Copenhagen and Néolithe Headquarters, demonstrating terracotta's application in creating distinctive architectural spaces.
Discusses the intentions behind using terracotta, such as creating strong architectural identities and enhancing heritage buildings.
Terracotta is emphasized as a relevant material in contemporary architecture due to its natural character and ability to enrich design.
Discusses architectural projects integrating terracotta, focusing on blending heritage with modernity and promoting sustainability.
Highlights projects like Clermont-Ferrand Sports Campus and Belvédère in Bordeaux, showcasing terracotta's role in enhancing architectural identity.
Details various terracotta products used across projects to achieve specific architectural expressions.
Emphasizes collaboration with Rairies Montrieux for addressing technical challenges and ensuring project success.
Projects demonstrate terracotta's versatility and expressiveness in contemporary architecture.
Chosen for its permanence and rich palette, terracotta supports long-term sustainability and dynamic façades.
Designs façades with layered strata, using varied finishes to capture light and create evolving shadows.
Ensures precise work on tones, formats, and installation details for a homogeneous façade.
Ensures constructive continuity and consistent architectural expression, with flexible production meeting insulation requirements.
Offers warm, refined tones shaped by fire, integrating with various architectural styles.
Showcases terracotta's use in collective housing and head offices, emphasizing aesthetic and functional benefits.
Discusses projects integrating traditional materials with contemporary design, located in regions like Wasquehal and Trélazé.
Highlights projects like Exotec Headquarters and La Manufacture d’Allumettes, showcasing terracotta's blend with local traditions.
Emphasizes engobe and glazing for enhancing architectural expression and terracotta's sustainability.
Projects blend traditional materials with modern design principles, emphasizing sustainability and aesthetic appeal.
Details Rairies Montrieux brick slips, emphasizing texture, tonal variation, and environmental benefits.
Highlights projects like Porta Labicana and Asnières Verts, showcasing terracotta's aesthetic and functional benefits.
Emphasizes materials with reflective qualities for enhancing lighting effects and creating depth.
Rairies Montrieux's products support creative, quality, and sustainable architectural projects.
Provides specifications for bricks and tiles, covering dimensions, weight, and quantity per square meter.
Includes bricks, brick slips, and tiles with specific dimensions and weights.
Outlines manufacturing processes and finishes like engobed and natural terracotta.
Lists architectural projects showcasing material applications.
Emphasizes terracotta's versatility and modern application in architecture.
Acknowledges contributions from designers and architects, highlighting their role in project success.
Thanks clients, developers, and partners for their roles in project completion.
Provides contact details for further inquiries.
Edition designed by Altavia Nantes, published in 2026.
Catalog excerpts
TERRE CUITE
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Depuis plus d’un siècle, Rairies Montrieux façonne la terre pour accompagner les projets les plus exigeants. À travers ce nouveau catalogue architectural, nous mettons à votre disposition un savoir-faire authentique allié à une recherche constante d’innovation. Pensé pour les architectes, il présente une sélection de solutions en terre cuite qui conjuguent esthétique, durabilité et liberté de création. Chaque pièce est conçue pour dialoguer avec son environnement et répondre aux enjeux contemporains de l’architecture. Une invitation à explorer, expérimenter et donner forme à des projets qui affirment...
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LES TERRES CUITES NATURELLESNATURAL TERRACOTTA La terre cuite est obtenue par la cuisson de l’argile. Sa couleur varie selon la nature de l’argile utilisée. Façonnée à l’aide d’une filière puis séchée, elle est ensuite cuite au four à haute température. Après cuisson, la terre brute devient un matériau doté d’une excellente longévité. PLAQUETTESBRICK SLIPS Terracotta is obtained by firing clay. Its colour varies depending on the type of clay used. Shaped using a die and then dried, it is subsequently fired in a high-temperature kiln. After firing, the raw clay becomes a material with excellent...
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LISSE SMOOTH COLISÉE COLISÉE ENGOBED L’engobé est un revêtement argileux coloré appliqué sur une terre cuite naturelle. Il permet d’offrir toutes les couleurs à la terre cuite tout en conservant l’aspect de l’argile traditionnelle. Du foncé aux couleurs pastel, l’engobé terre cuite colorée offre toutes les possibilités de créativité. Engobe is a coloured clay-based coating applied to natural terracotta. It makes it possible to offer terracotta in a full range of colours while preserving the appearance of traditional clay. From deep tones to pastel shades, coloured terracotta engobe offers endless...
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TERRE CUITE SIGNATURE - TERRACOTTA SIGNATURE > UN ESPRIT DE FAMILLE Fondée en 1910 par deux frères issus d’une famille de briquetiers, Rairies Montrieux est née d’un savoir-faire artisanal exigeant. À l’origine, l’argile était extraite à la main, les briques moulées une à une, puis cuites au four à bois. Cette maîtrise des gestes fondateurs a forgé l’identité de la briqueterie et posé les bases d’une approche sur mesure, attentive à chaque projet. Plus de 110 ans plus tard, Rairies Montrieux perpétue ce savoir-faire en l’associant à l’innovation, afin de concevoir des matériaux en terre cuite...
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> AU CŒUR DE LA CONCEPTION SUR MESURE Rairies Montrieux vous accompagne dans la réalisation de projets singuliers, en assurant le lien entre l’intention architecturale et sa concrétisation industrielle. Pour répondre aux exigences des projets spécifiques, notre bureau de faisabilité joue un rôle essentiel. Véritable interface entre la conception et la production, il étudie et valide la faisabilité des solutions imaginées par les architectes. L’objectif est de garantir que chaque projet puisse être réalisé dans des conditions techniques, normatives et économiques parfaitement maîtrisées. Cette...
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EPIDERMES NATURELS NATURAL SURFACES TERRE CUITE NATURELLE / NATURAL TERRACOTTA • GRENAILLEE / SANDY EFFET P 52
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ÉPIDERMES NATURELS NATURAL SURFACES SPORTING WEST SIDE Toulouse / 31 Architecte / Architect : Atelier d’architecture Diana © photos : David Aubert Brique moucharabieh sur mesure Mashrabiya brick L 280 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm L 200 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm L 180 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm L 140 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm L 90 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm Brique traditionnelle / Traditional brick L 280 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm L 180 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm L 50 x l 50 x ép. 90 mm TERRE CUITE NATURELLE LISSEMontlouis Smooth natural terracottaMontlouis TERRE CUITE NATURELLE LISSE I SMOOTH NATURAL TERRACOTTA La terre cuite naturelle lisse : l’authenticité...
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ÉPIDERMES NATURELS NATURAL SURFACES CAMPUS FRASSATI DIOCÈSE Rennes / 35 Architecte / Architect : AA group © photos : Franck Boisselier Plaquette / Brick slip L 330 x l 50 x ép. 12 mm TERRE CUITE NATURELLE LISSEÉtain Smooth natural terracottaÉtain TERRE CUITE NATURELLE LISSE I SMOOTH NATURAL TERRACOTTA TERRE CUITE NATURELLE BI-CUISSON TRANSPARENT Étain Transparent twice-fired glazing natural terracotta étain
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ÉPIDERMES NATURELS NATURAL SURFACES É TABL IS S EMENT PUBL IC / PUBLIC E STABLISHME N T ÉTOILE DU NORD Paris / 75 Architecte / Architect : CALQ Agence architecture La pose des plaquettes au sol ouvre un véritable champ d’expression architecturale. En calepinage droit, en quinconce ou en chevron, le sol devient dessin : une trame qui structure l’espace et accompagne les usages. Ces dispositifs de pose permettent d’introduire du mouvement, de guider les parcours ou de révéler les volumes. The laying of floor tiles opens up a genuine field of architectural expression. Whether in a straight pattern,...
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ÉPIDERMES NATURELS NATURAL SURFACES LOUIS VUITTON Copenhague / DANEMARK Architecte / Architect : Malletier architecture © photos : Stéphane Muratet Plaquette / Brick slip L 220 x l 60 x ép. 12 mm L 220 x l 60 x ép. 25 mm L 110 x l 60 x ép. 12 mm L 110 x l 60 x ép. 25 mm L 80 x l 60 x ép. 25 mm TERRE CUITE NATURELLE LISSEMontvaloir Smooth natural terracottaMontvaloir TERRE CUITE NATURELLE LISSEMontlouis Smooth natural terracottaMontlouis Plaquette pointe / Pointed brick slip L 220 x l 60 x ép. 12/35 mm Comment est née votre collaboration avec Rairies Montrieux sur ce projet ? How did your collaboration...
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