AZURE

Lively, fresh, forward-looking, but also socially relevant — this defines Azure, the leading design publication covering the expanding world of international contemporary architecture and design. Each issue delivers readers inspiring ideas and cutting-edge innovations, from state-of-the-art green building to the latest in furniture and home accessories from around the globe.

The Social Contract

AZURE

Perfectly Crafted • In a Toronto residence where the kitchen is the heart of the home, Gaggenau appliances are the soul of the kitchen

First Foremost • People, projects and products you need to know about now

A Night on the Town • A RESTAURANT IN THE HEART OF PORTO OPENS UP TO MULTIPLE DINING EXPERIENCES

Under the Bridge • ON NUNS’ ISLAND, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE CATERS TO CAR AND FOOT TRAFFIC ALIKE

From the Beach to the Streets • DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, MIAMI WAS AWASH WITH EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN — FOR HOMES, SIDEWALKS AND SHORELINES ALIKE

5 Things We Learned from Marjan van Aubel • AT THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, MIAMI, THE DUTCH DESIGNER POWERED UP AN ILLUMINATING SOLAR INSTALLATION

Sea Change • PROMETHEUS MATERIALS PREVIEWS THE NEXT WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH A MASONRY BLOCK MADE OF ALGAE

Outdoor Overture • THE COPENHAGEN OPERA HOUSE HITS A HIGH NOTE WITH ITS NEW FRONT YARD

Major Flex • USING ONLY READY-MADE AND RECYCLED MATERIALS, STUDIO EDWARDS CRAFTS AN OFFICE SPACE THAT ADAPTS ON A DIME

Day to Night • HOLLOWAY LI SHAPES BROADWICK LIVE’S LONDON HQ WITH HOLISTIC SOPHISTICATION

Soft Ware • PLEASING TEXTURES AND PATTERNS DEFINETHESE DURABLE UPHOLSTERY FABRICS

Future Gains • STUDIO ELK AIMS TO CURB FURNITURE WASTE THROUGH A CLEVER SUBSCRIPTION-BASED PROGRAM

Modular Marvels • FOUR SOFT SEATING SYSTEMS THAT ADD AN ADAPTABLE LAYER OF COMFORT

Desk Jobs • FOUR TABLES THAT SUPPORT SOLO WORK OR COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS

One Great Chair • THE STATEMENT-MAKING PERCY LOUNGE FROM NAUGHTONE

IT TAKES A VILLAGE • Caring for those with dementia, an ever-growing demographic, requires a collective approach. Architectural typologies are emerging around the world to grant older adults unprecedented freedom

GATHERING PLACE • DECADES IN THE MAKING BY REIMAGINE ARCHITECTS — AND CENTURIES IN THE IMAGINATIONS OF ITS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY — MÉTIS CROSSING IN SMOKY LAKE, ALBERTA, TAKES WONDROUS SHAPE

BRICK AND ROSES • Across North America and the United Kingdom, the rise of COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS and CO-HOUSING is nourishing bold, aspirational design paradigms — and a new generation of URBAN ADVOCACY

An Architecture That Charts the Migrant Experience

THE JURY IS OUT

Factory Made Modern • BUILT TO THE STRINGENT SPECIFICATIONS OF ITS ROCKY CONTEXT, A HOME DESIGNED BY SPANISH FIRM POSITIVELIVINGS MERGES THE POSSIBILITIES OF PREFAB AND CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER

Outdoor Furniture

Acoustic Solutions

Collective Consciousness • TWO BOOKS AND A DOCUMENTARY UNPACK THE WAYS THAT COMMUNITIES SHAPE THEIR SETTINGS — AND VICE VERSA

Chain Reaction • BEAUTY AND HORROR INTERSECTED IN POWERFUL WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL