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Tadelakt ….the “Red City”

LunchRiadMaalemMajid 150x150 Tadelakt ....the Red City A fellow Tadelakt lover recently wrote to me with some of her experiences during a visit to Marrakesh,where she participated in real world application of true Moroccan Tadelakt….here is an excerpt from that email.

“What I really loved about Marrakech is that Tadelakt is everywhere in the red city, indeed I would say it is the red city because of the Tadelakt and all the beautiful pigment you can mix into it. In some of the very old palaces (Bahia and others) you can still see Tadelakt on the walkways and in the pools hundreds of years after, so it clearly withstood the test of time. Maalem Majid said

Exterior Tadelakt

A sneak peak of an exterior Tadelakt plaster finish, before we are fully complete, had to leave the project for awhile due to the weather…close to finished here are  a few of photo’s….tough tough job …not for the faint of heart

 

Stucco Italiano Tadelakt Photo OP

charcoal Tadelakt

Aaron cohen from Stucco Italiano in Seattle stopped by one of my exterior Tadelakt lime plaster  projects in Vancouver BC  today …the big ham seized
the opportunity

Exterior Vancouver Tadelakt Plaster project complete!

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Landscaping is almost complete, this private residence in West Vancouver BC has the best of the best in contemporary finishes including a smooth exterior Lime Plaster Tadelakt finish …there is no other house like it in the lower mainland of British Columbia.

Ryan Chivers of Artesano in Boulder county  Colorado seems to think this  is the only, if not the biggest exterior ever done in north America with Tadelakt lime plaster …if you know of another  …drop me a line.

For  a smooth stucco finish there is no better finish then Tadelakt ,this Vancouver exterior Venetian Plaster, also incorporates a rain screen cavity system,usually associated with leaky condos here in Vancouver,but which became part of the BC building code approximately 2-3 years ago.

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Tadelakt Seamless Monolithic Finish

_content_images_produits_OT_GALETTadelakt is a morroccan finishing technique, the word “tadelakt” comes from the Arabic verb “dlek” which means to rub, knead or caress.

Tadelakt

Tadelakt plaster is a beautiful natural material that can enhance elements of the modern day home.