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.

AZURE • Vol. 40 - No. 307 NOV/DEC 2024

Complex Nature

INNOVATIVE PEOPLE, PROJECTS, PRODUCTS, IDEAS… • Get the latest in groundbreaking architecture and interiors, innovative product designs, new building materials and influential industry trends

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

Roadside Attraction • ADAPTIVE RE-USE OF A MADRID GARAGE GIVES RISE TO THE ULTIMATE INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN

Take It Slow • HOW LIGNE ROSET IS LEADING THE INDUSTRY IN A DELIBERATE, MORE PURPOSEFUL DIRECTION

From Start to Finish • HOW MAJOR MANUFACTURERS ARE REIMAGINING THE AFTERLIFE OF DESIGN

The Living Museum • A FLOATING WATER PARK CREATES AN EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM ON CHESAPEAKE BAY

Gift Guide

Rules of Engagement • CANADA’S FIRST ZERO-CARBON AQUATIC CENTRE HONOURS ITS LOCAL HERITAGE AND LANDSCAPE

Great Outdoors • THE OUTHOUSE GETS A MAJOR MAKEOVER AT WASHINGTON’S SNOW PEAK LONG BEACH CAMPFIELD

Shape of Water • EMPHASIZING PURE AND REFINED FORMS, THESE BASIN FAUCETS HAVE A STRONG VISUAL IMPACT

Vanity Projects • VARIOUS COLOUR AND MATERIAL OPTIONS ALLOW FOR STORAGE SYSTEMS WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH

Original Beauty • IN MADRID, TWO BATHROOMS WITH UNEXPECTED FORMS AND A BRILLIANT USE OF COLOUR

Water Savers • SUSTAINABLY MINDED PRODUCTS THAT PRIORITIZE HYGIENE WHILE MINIMIZING CONSUMPTION

Healing Heat • THREE OUTDOOR SAUNAS THAT OFFER A WELLNESS RETREAT IN A WELL-DESIGNED STRUCTURE

Frame of Mind • Samsung’s The Frame TV inspires fresh outlooks with ever-changing artwork — in and out of the home

Other Scales, Other Species • In his teaching, writing and radical built works, Madridand New York–based architect Andrés Jaque emphasizes the rich complexities of overlapping systems of life — and urges optimism for the yet-to-come

City Builder • For almost two decades, architect Pat Hanson and her firm, Gh3*, have been bringing uncommon beauty to sustainable urban infrastructure in Toronto and Edmonton — and she’s only just begun

The Second Coming • In Detroit’s Little Village, a restored church anchors an ambitious community envisioned as an eclectic creative heaven

Good Works • A look at six inspiring projects around the world that embrace new ways of building, planting and remediating for a greener future.

The Shared Experience • With common streets, winter gardens and entry lattices, the latest social housing project by Spanish firm Peris+Toral posits new scenarios for living

Emerging Eco Materials

Tiles

Speaker Spotlight • THREE OF OUR HUMAN/NATURE CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTORS DIVE INTO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Main Character Syndrome • IS THE ARCHITECT AT THE HEART OF MEGALOPOLIS A GOOD SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DESIGN INDUSTRY?