Stephen Boyns's Contact Details

Stephen Boyns's Company Details

NBK North America

Marblehead, MA, US • 10 - 19 Employees
Construction Supplies

NBK is well known for partnering with architects to create stunning, custom cladding. Its TERRART® products are showcased around the world. A Hunter Douglas company, NBK is a leading manufacturer of custom architectural terracotta tiles and baguettes that blend urban tradition and materials with the latest technology in ventilated façades. Current trends are terracotta in a vertical application – panels and baguette-fins (sunshades), precast, and the use of glazed terracotta in the USA.Since its founding in 1927, NBK® Architectural Terracotta has pursued progress through diversity of product, building a strong record of facade innovation and collaboration along the way. Traditional craft methods refined over decades—combined with cutting-edge manufacturing techniques—have led to high-performance facade panels that blend beautiful materials with the latest technology in ventilated rainscreen facades.NBK's dedication to research and development inspires material engineers and master manufacturers to develop processes that constantly test new materials and glazes in combination with firing techniques and production methods ensuring tiles meet exacting project requirements for design and performance.Since joining the Hunter Douglas Group in 2007, NBK has invested heavily in manufacturing facilities and significantly increased its global capabilities. Today, architects increasingly specify NBK and its hallmark TERRART™ System, creating durable, high-performing facades for a wide range of projects around the world, from recladding and restoration of existing structures to construction of inspiring new building designs.