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Immerse yourself in a world of selections at one of our stunning East Coast showrooms. Architessa sources our tile both domestically and internationally, bringing the best of porcelain, natural stone, ceramic, and more to convenient locations and through our national commercial representatives Contact us to explore an in-store or virtual appointment with an Architessan. Orders ship worldwide or can be picked up at Architessa's warehouse locations. Delivery options are available for orders within Virginia, Maryland, and D.C.
June 29, 2020 - - - - -
Architectural Ceramics showroom locationsare open to the public. We ask that all showroom visitors wear a face covering and practice social distancing in accordance with local regulations.
We ask that you make an appointment when possible so our designers are best able to assist you.
Please visit our Locations Page for hours.
March 30, 2020 - - - - -
Architectural Ceramics showroom locations will be open via Virtual Visit. Please call your local store to set up a digital design consultation or for more information.
Please see below for our adjusted virtual appointment hours:
| Mon: | 9-5 |
| Tue: | 9-5 |
| Wed: | 11-5 |
| Thur: | 9-5 |
| Fri: | 9-5 |
| Sat: | CLOSED |
| Sun: | CLOSED |
Rockville and Baltimore Warehouse location will continue to operate during regular hours for both pick up and delivery services.
Our Commercial Team will be operating remotely. Please reach out to your rep for samples, Virtual Visits, and other assistance.
March 23, 2020 - - - - -
Architectural Ceramics is classified as an essential MD business and will remain OPEN. See our 3/30 announcement for reduced hours and showroom accessibility.
March 20, 2020 - - - - -
Until further notice, all showroom locations will be open by appointment only. Walk-in clients may be seen if a designer is available - call your local showroom directly for availability. We also offer Virtual Visits via video call. Find your local showroom locations and contact info on our Locations Page.
Limited Saturday hours will be in effect as of Saturday 3/21. Showrooms will be open by appointment only from 10am - 1pm.
Limited Wednesday hours will be in effect as of 3/19. Showrooms will be open by appointment only from 11am - 5pm.
March 19, 2020 - - - - -
All AC Showroom locations will be limiting Wednesday showroom hours. MD and VA showrooms will be open Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm. Our Atlanta showroom will continue to operate from 9am - 5pm.
Warehouse and delivery hours are not affected at this time and are operating under standard hours.
March 11, 2020 - - - - -
Dear Valued Clients and Partners:
With confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in our area, health and prevention efforts are on the forefront of everyone’s minds. The health of our employees and clients is paramount and we are taking the necessary precautions to provide a safe experience in our showrooms and during visits to partner firms. If you come to one of our showrooms, know we have amplified sanitizing and cleaning efforts. Our warehouse and delivery staff also practice enhanced cleanliness and sanitizing procedures.
As of now, there are no coronavirus concerns on our tile shipments either locally or internationally. We actively monitor updates as they come and will share any changes to our business processes should they become necessary.
Visit the CDC website to learn more about the symptoms associated with COVID-19. In order to best serve you, we have compiled a list of suggestions from various sources to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Make sure you wash your fingers and thumbs well which do the most touching. When you use an alcohol-based (60% at least), peroxide, etc. hand sanitizer, make sure you also rub it on your hands until it’s dry. Use if soap and water are not available.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when coughing or sneezing. Then dispose of the tissue.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces giving the disinfectant time to dry on the surface. Or leave for on ten minutes and wipe off extra liquid.
- Stay home if you are sick and seek the advice of a doctor.
- Avoid contact with people who are coughing and sneezing with virus symptoms.
- Avoid large gatherings over 1,000 people if you are over 60 and at risk.
Additionally, we are pleased to announce that we are now offering virtual design consultations to assist with your tile needs from the comfort of your home or office. We can gather samples for you, photograph, and send. Or we can hop on a video call and show you selections live from our showrooms. Schedule a Virtual Visit with us to explore the 123 ceramic tile lines, 1,000+ porcelain variations, and our collection of stones, glass and more.
To set an appointment with Kimberly Hubert-Mejia, our Residential Sales Manager, text or call Kimberly at 301.830.3080 or email her at kimberly@architecturalceramics.com and ask for a virtual visit. Our virtual consult hours are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-1pm.
We are ready and look forward to assisting you in person and virtually!
We are conscious of the varying responses our partner firms and clients are enacting in response to COVID-19, and we want to make it easy to continue with business as usual while keeping health and safety in mind. Ask your sales rep about Virtual Visits via video call, or taking high resolutions photos. We can also ship you whatever samples you may need.
The process is easy:
1) Call, text or email your design rep to set an appointment.
2) Send your rep project details and an idea of what you're looking for. We'll curate and pull samples prior to your appointment.
3) We'll video call you via Zoom or FaceTime to go over selections - just like an in-person consultation!
4) We sanitize and ship your selected samples to you for a closer look.
| Contact Kim Hubert-Mejia for Residential Virtual Visits: |
Call or Text 301.830.3080 |
| Contact David Arabe for Commercial Virtual Visit: |
Call or Text 301.520.7590 |
| david.arabe@architecturalcermics.com |
Wondering what your video call appointment might be like? Take a look at the mock Virtual Visit we've put together to get an idea of what to expect.
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Mock Virtual Visit |
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Warehouse Sanitization – Throughout the day, our warehouse team is making efforts to sanitize any surfaces that our clients come in contact with including our service desk and doors.
Clean Hands – Our warehouse staff are here to make your tile pick-up as smooth and enjoyable as possible. During this time, we have asked our warehouse team to refrain from handshakes, but they’ll be happy to give a friendly wave or throw up a peace sign.
Warehouse staff are practicing regular handwashing as recommended by the CDC. Extra care is being taken to wash hands between handling tile and interacting with clients and their pick-up vehicles.
Dockside Pickup - You are welcome to come up to our pickup counter as is our standard procedure. However, we are also offering a Dockside Delivery option to encourage Social Distancing.
For Rockville Warehouse: Please call 301-217-4118 or text 240-793-2232and our warehouse team will bring your pickup order to a loading dock for you.
For Baltimore Warehouse: Please call 410-276-0767 or text 443-829-9412 and our warehouse team will bring your pickup order to a loading dock for you.
Warehouse Sanitization – Our warehouse teams are practicing enhanced cleaning and sanitization standards while packaging and loading your materials. Our Samples Department is disinfecting all samples prior to shipment as well as wearing gloves when processing incoming/outgoing shipments from vendors.
Clean Hands – Warehouse staff are practicing regular handwashing as recommended by the CDC. Our delivery drivers have been provided with sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.
Our delivery drivers are here to make your tile delivery as smooth and enjoyable as possible. During this time, we have asked our delivery team to refrain from handshakes, but they’ll be happy to give a friendly wave or throw up a peace sign.
Clean Hand-Offs – Between deliveries, our drivers will be sanitizing pens, clipboards and any other tools that are used.
Cleaning & Sanitization –We are taking care to sanitize work surfaces, shared spaces and tile samples between appointments. Our showrooms are stocked with extra sanitizing wipes and hand sanitizer for your convenience.
Clean Hands – All ACI employees have been advised to follow CDC recommended hand washing techniques. During this time, we are also taking care to avoid the spread of germs by refraining from handshakes. We are happy to wave or throw up a peace sign!
Virtual Visits - If you would prefer to shop for tile from your home or office, we are happy to assist you via video call appointment on FaceTime or Zoom Meetings or take photos and ship you samples. Ask your designer to schedule a Virtual Visit.
Clean Hand-off - We love to visit our design industry partners, but understand many offices are limiting non-essential meetings at this time. Let us know your preferred method to receive samples - we are happy to deliver them personally, drop them in a predetermined space in your office, or ship them via mail services. Our samples department cleans and disinfects all tiles prior to packaging.
Virtual Visits - We are conscious of the varying responses our partner firms and clients are enacting in response to COVID-19, and we want to make it easy to continue with business as usual while keeping health and safety in mind. Ask your sales rep about Virtual Visits via video call, or taking high resolutions photos. We can also ship you whatever samples you may need.
