Dezeen promotion: now available in the UK, Mosa's durable porcelain panels can be used to create ventilated facades for a range of buildings.
Dutch tile brand Mosa offers seven ranges of porcelain facade tiles, each with an array of colour and size options. They can be used to create facades that are highly weather-resistant, but that also help to maintain a comfortable climate inside the building.

"Ventilated facade systems ensure good physical properties and a comfortable indoor climate thanks to the balance between insulation and ventilation," explained the company.
"The porcelain facade cladding offers optimum protection against the environmental influences."

The unglazed porcelain panels are manufactured using recycled materials ? up to 45 per cent, depending on the product type. Colours available include earthy hues of beige and brown to subtle palettes of grey and black. The tiles are made using Mosa's Ultragres production process ? a technique that involves pressing the panels beneath a weight of up to 3,500 tonnes, then firing them at temperatures of up to 1,230 degrees Celsius.

This gives each panel a natural, matt finish that varies subtly each time, but it also means that the facades are extremely wear- and scratch-resistant. According to Mosa, the facades are low-maintenance and easy to clean even when vandalised with graffiti.
"The scratch-resistance is so high, you could scrape over the tile with a metal profile and leave i...