Architects and specifiers now have another way to explore, evaluate, and specify Mbrico Tile Decks.

Mbrico has partnered with Acelab to bring its reinforced porcelain tile deck systems onto Acelab’s architectural specification platform, helping design professionals access key product information earlier in the planning and specification process.

For architects working on rooftops, balconies, elevated decks, exterior amenity spaces, hospitality environments, multifamily developments, and commercial outdoor areas, this partnership makes it easier to understand where Mbrico fits, how the system performs, and why reinforced porcelain decking is becoming a stronger alternative to traditional exterior decking and rooftop paver assemblies.

What Is Acelab?

Acelab is an architectural specification platform designed to help architects discover, compare, and evaluate building products during the design and specification process.

By bringing Mbrico onto Acelab, architects now have a more direct way to review Mbrico’s patented reinforced porcelain deck systems in a specification-focused environment.

Instead of evaluating Mbrico only through general web searches, brochures, or project conversations, design teams can now find product information through a platform built specifically for architectural decision-making.

Why This Matters for Architects

Specifying exterior surfaces is not just about appearance.

Rooftop decks, balconies, elevated structures, and amenity spaces must perform under real-world conditions. These surfaces are exposed to weather, foot traffic, furniture, moisture, temperature swings, and long-term use.

That means architects need to consider more than color and finish. They also need to evaluate system stability, attachment method, fire resistance, freeze-thaw durability, slip resistance, maintenance requirements, and overall performance.

Mbrico’s availability on Acelab helps bring those considerations into the specification process earlier.

Architects can review Mbrico as a complete reinforced porcelain tile deck system, not just a surface material.

More Than a Porcelain Paver

Mbrico is not a loose porcelain paver, conventional tile, wood deck board, or composite decking product.

Mbrico is a reinforced porcelain deck system that combines premium porcelain surfaces with a patented structural backing and mechanically fastened installation method. The result is a fully engineered durable exterior deck surface designed for strength, stability, weather exposure, and low maintenance.

Mbrico systems are commonly used for:

Rooftop decks
Balcony surfaces
Elevated decks
Multifamily amenity spaces
Hospitality environments
Commercial outdoor areas
Residential outdoor living spaces
Low-profile ventilated deck applications
Poolside and amenity deck environments

For architects, this system-based approach matters because the finished surface is only one part of exterior deck performance.

A material may look right in renderings, but still create long-term concerns around movement, maintenance, attachment, drainage, replacement, or durability. Mbrico helps address those concerns with a complete engineered system.

Why Mbrico’s Reinforced Porcelain Decking Is Different

Porcelain is valued for its durability, design flexibility, and low maintenance requirements. But not all porcelain decking products are built the same way.

A loose porcelain paver is still just a surface.

Mbrico takes porcelain further by adhereing a reinforced backer to each paver, providing 4,500 lbf, and integrating it into a mechanically fastened tongue & groove deck system. This allows architects and builders to specify the look of premium porcelain while also addressing stability, support, attachment, and long-term exterior performance.

Key advantages include:

Reinforced porcelain tile construction
Mechanically fastened system stability
Non-porous porcelain surface
Resistance to fading, rot, staining, and moisture absorption
Fire-resistant material performance
Freeze-thaw durability
Low-maintenance exterior performance
Premium architectural aesthetics with 100+ options
Application flexibility for decks, rooftops, balconies, and amenity spaces

For projects where exterior surfaces need to look premium and perform over time, Mbrico provides a stronger alternative to conventional decking and paver assemblies.

Supporting Better Exterior Specifications

As more projects incorporate rooftop amenity decks, outdoor gathering spaces, multifamily balconies, hospitality terraces, and low-maintenance exterior surfaces, product selection becomes more important.

Design teams need materials that support the visual goals of the project while also meeting the practical demands of outdoor use.

Mbrico’s partnership with Acelab gives architects another resource for evaluating the system, understanding its applications, and identifying where reinforced porcelain decking can be used.

It also supports a clearer specification path for projects where traditional wood decking, composite decking, pedestal pavers, concrete pavers, or loose porcelain pavers may not provide the right combination of aesthetics, stability, and long-term performance.

Explore Mbrico on Acelab

Mbrico Tile Decks is now available on Acelab for architects and specifiers looking to evaluate reinforced porcelain deck systems for exterior applications.

Whether the project involves a rooftop deck, balcony, elevated deck, hospitality space, multifamily amenity area, or commercial outdoor environment, Mbrico provides a complete system approach to premium exterior surfaces.

Explore Mbrico on Acelab or contact the Mbrico team to learn more about specification support, project applications, installation methods, and system performance.

Mbrico Reinforced Porcelain Deck Systems Are Now Available on Acelab