interior to the exterior, the CUBE 3 Studio designers did not have the flexibility to fur out the wall behind whatever material would specified. They needed to identify a solution for skinning the brick walls – some- thing relatively lightweight with great aesthetic appeal. After careful consideration, they selected Laminam by Crossville porcelain tile panels as the cre- ative solution that met both the pragmatic and aesthetic demands of this challenging renovation. Laminam collections provided the right installation advantages, tech- nical characteristics, and a sleek, modern look befitting of Lexington Office Park’s amenities. For the walls, the team chose Laminam Oxide in the Bianco and Grigio colorways. With its grit-and- glitter industrial style, the Oxide collection provides the large-scale Planitop® 330 Fast is a quick- setting, polymer-modified, fiber- reinforced cementitious rendering, patching and level- ing mortar. It can be applied from 1/8” to 1-1/4” (3 mm to 3,2 cm) in thickness in a sin- gle coat. Planitop 330 Fast can be used for ramping, smoothing and leveling clean, interior and exte- rior concrete and screed floor sub- strates to prepare them for install- ing ceramic, stone or waterproof- ing systems. Eliminating the need for a latex additive, Planitop 330 Fast requires only mixing with water to produce a non-sagging mortar that bonds directly to the substrate, readying it for tile installation in as little as 90 minutes. Because Planitop 330 Fast provides a superior flat finish, it produces an excellent substrate for the installation of thin tile and gauged porcelain tile panels. Planitop 330 Fast has the added environmental benefit of having been verified “Red List Free” per the most current Red List on the Living Building Challenge website. www.mapei.us. THIN TILE/GPTP –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Studio designers did not have the flex- ibility to fur out the wall behind whatever material would specified, so they needed a lightweight solution for skinning the brick walls that offered great aesthetic appeal. 78 TileLetter | March 2018